Challenge

Jorge Monono Mata
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chris Nygaard took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the game, Olav Graversen threw the ball into play from the sideline. Tigresfx's Antonio Iratze quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Tigresfx's Conrado Cebo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 4th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severino Monico got free with Keld Paulsen in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Denmark's attentive Lars Steen managed to snatch the ball when Antonio Iratze made a throw-in in the 8th minute of the game. Conrado Cebo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. In the 10th play minute Severino Monico came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Keld Paulsen. 1-0. Severino Monico could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Keld Paulsen made a huge save. 16 minutes into the game, Antonio Iratze was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tigresfx's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Denmark the free kick. After a rather tough play, Tigresfx's Antonio Iratze got a free kick in the 16th minute. Mikkel Wulff received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Conrado Cebo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Uriel Vachon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tigresfx's goalie prevented a goal. A throw-in in the 30th minute of the game was made by Anselmo Leoncio with Severino Monico as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 33 minutes into the game, Antonio Iratze threw the ball into play from the sideline. Denmark's Lars Steen quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 34th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conrado Cebo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Theis Winther got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Chris Nygaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Severino Monico was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uriel Vachon in the 52nd minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Conrado Cebo managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Denmark's Chris Nygaard fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 67th minute, Sofoklis Psaridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Leoncio charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anselmo Leoncio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Uriel Vachon took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 75th minute, Severino Monico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Denmark's Chris Nygaard dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Conrado Cebo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertram Svenningsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Tigresfx getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Severo Primo hit a great ball. The throw-in from Antonio Iratze in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Kenn Skou got a free kick in the 88th minute. 94 minutes into the game, Chris Nygaard recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Conrado Cebo. Chris Nygaard showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.