Challenge

ARENA ACADÉMICA
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, 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. Eulalio Vincent started the match with the kick off. Denmark's attentive Simon Bendtsen managed to snatch the ball when Siro Rainerio made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. Enrique Belasko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 5th minute of play. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eulalio Vincent went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 18th minute, Generoso Michael hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 19 minutes into the match, Eulalio Vincent notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Denmark's Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Eulalio Vincent took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Keld Paulsen to make any attempt to save it. 25 minutes into the match, Galáctico Azul FC™'s goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Enrique Belasko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Eulalio Vincent stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Eulalio Vincent tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With an all-out effort, Galáctico Azul FC™'s Keld Paulsen threw himself towards the right post 33 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Eulalio Vincent, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eulalio Vincent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olav Graversen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Belasko having to interfere. Denmark's attentive Olav Graversen managed to snatch the ball when Erasmo Celino made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. Erasmo Celino got a throw-in 41 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Victor Bernabel. After 41 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Mathias Ludvigsen. In the 42nd minute of the match Maximo Cutberto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Keld Paulsen showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Denmark booed when Galáctico Azul FC™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Xabel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Chris Nygaard took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Enrique Belasko. Galáctico Azul FC™'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Eulalio Vincent 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. In the 54th minute Eulalio Vincent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erasmo Celino made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Theis Winther. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a great ball. Galáctico Azul FC™'s Jose Tiso was substituted for Maximo Cutberto. After 61 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Bjarne Kirkegaard. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eulalio Vincent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Galáctico Azul FC™'s Enrique Belasko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Steen in the 65th minute of play. Keld Paulsen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eulalio Vincent's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 78 minutes into the game, Olav Graversen threw the ball into play from the sideline. Galáctico Azul FC™'s Siro Rainerio quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Enrique Belasko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 85th minute of the match. Denmark's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Galáctico Azul FC™ had won, even though Denmark had held more of the ball.