Challenge

Carisbrook
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Viriato Moura started the match with the kick off. When Nando Pereira came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Titipounamu fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nando Pereira couldn't finish the play. In the 8th minute Portugal were awarded a corner. Felipe Barreto went to the cornerflag to take it. A sloppy throw-in by Faustino Almeida in the 10th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Titipounamu's Vincente Santiago. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Nando Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Titipounamu's supporters rose to their feet, but Nando Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilson Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wilson Amorim was a little too slow when Maximilian Larsson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 1-0. 19 minutes into the game, Nando Pereira recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Wilson Amorim. Nando Pereira showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 24thth minute of the game Felipe Barreto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Titipounamu's Art Hauschildt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felipe Barreto in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Art Hauschildt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nando Pereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Felipe Barreto got a throw-in 29 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Caetano Moreira. Nando Pereira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Wilson Amorim made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nando Pereira got free with Wilson Amorim in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 33rd minute of play forced Titipounamu's goalkeeper Art Hauschildt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nando Pereira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute, Hazar Hür hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 47th minute, Viriato Moura made a precise shot to the right of Art Hauschildt. Titipounamu's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nando Pereira to make the kick off. Titipounamu's Vincente Santiago quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raul Caetano, made in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 54th minute Nando Pereira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the game, one of Titipounamu:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Art Hauschildt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felipe Barreto went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Nando Pereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Amorim having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Nando Pereira notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Portugal's Wilson Amorim. Wilson Amorim was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Portugal's zone, Nando Pereira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal and Nando Pereira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim was substituted for Felipe Barreto. Titipounamu's Kirby Palmington was substituted for Jacobs Soekirno. Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias was substituted for Viriato Moura. 73 minutes into the game, Nando Pereira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-3. Wilson Amorim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hazar Hür, made in the 76th minute of the game. Nando Pereira scored 5-3 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wilson Amorim, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Titipounamu's Remington Dobson was substituted for Maximilian Larsson. Titipounamu's Remington Dobson got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nando Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Wilson Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bartolomeu Dias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Art Hauschildt having to interfere. In the 91st match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Miranda to maneuver through the defense. If Nando Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 99th minute, Nando Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Titipounamu's supporters rose to their feet, but Nando Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilson Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Titipounamu walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.