Challenge

Estádio Anjico
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chris Nygaard started the match with the kick off. Wilson Vianna 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 5th minute. Denmark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Chris Nygaard in the 7th minute. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Olav Graversen hit a great ball. Ronaldo Antunes's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ronaldo Antunes helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes Gurdurão got a freekick which was hit by Ronaldo Antunes. After a defensive mix-up in Gurdurão's zone, Bertram Svenningsen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wilson Vianna came out of the goal and Bertram Svenningsen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wilson Vianna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 18th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Denmark's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Galon Damašas fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Denmark's Theis Winther managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ronaldo Antunes in the 26 minute of the game. Bjarne Kirkegaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chris Nygaard took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wilson Vianna. Wilson Vianna dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 35th minute Mikkel Wulff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Vianna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Mikkel Wulff had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wilson Vianna. Gurdurão's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mikkel Wulff was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 44 minutes into the game, Galon Damašas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gurdurão's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Denmark the free kick. A collision led to Gurdurão getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Galon Damašas hit a great ball. After 45 minutes, Chris Nygaard made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Gurdurão's Wilson Vianna tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Denmark were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Galon Damašas made the kick off in the second half. Wilson Vianna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Galon Damašas in the 55th minute of play. Bertram Svenningsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Vianna having to interfere. Jorginho Moreira's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorginho Moreira helped the player get up and apologised. After 72 played minutes Gurdurão got a freekick which was hit by Jorginho Moreira. Lars Steen kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. After having played for 75 minutes, Galon Damašas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gurdurão's supporters crossed their fingers, but Galon Damašas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 77th minute, Bertram Svenningsen fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Ronaldo Antunes made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Theis Winther. Lars Steen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Nygaard got free with Wilson Vianna in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lars Steen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wilson Vianna read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. During the 95th minute of the match Jorginho Moreira completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jorginho Moreira a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Jorginho Moreira hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the match was over Denmark could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gurdurão throughout the match.