Challenge

Denmark Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Otsando Llantaron started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olav Graversen to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute Otsando Llantaron 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. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Otsando Llantaron kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keld Paulsen. The Denmark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keld Paulsen should have stopped the shot. Otsando Llantaron recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. EAU FC's Celedonio Paio was substituted for 孟银迅. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Theis Winther hit a great ball. Humberto Theobald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 14th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Otsando Llantaron had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Otsando Llantaron was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 22nd minute Denmark were awarded a corner. Chris Nygaard went to the cornerflag to take it. 24 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Otsando Llantaron came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 27 played minutes EAU FC got a freekick which was hit by Otsando Llantaron. Humberto Theobald showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Theobald saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the EAU FC defense, Bertram Svenningsen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Humberto Theobald. The EAU FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Humberto Theobald should have stopped the shot. 42 minutes into the game, Chris Nygaard lined in a short shot 2-2 behind a frustrated Humberto Theobald. After 47 minutes of play, Denmark's Chris Nygaard made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Theobald was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chris Nygaard to strike the kick off in the second half. Humberto Theobald stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Humberto Theobald came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Denmark's Chris Nygaard. But to his dismay, Chris Nygaard quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. 56 minutes into the match, EAU FC's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Humberto Theobald reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 65th minute of the game was made by Gaspar Ostargi with Ricardo Senio as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After having played for 66 minutes, Otsando Llantaron managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. EAU FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Otsando Llantaron was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Chris Nygaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Humberto Theobald was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After 76 minutes, Chris Nygaard made it 6-2 with a short kick to the right side. EAU FC's Humberto Theobald tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 82nd match minute, EAU FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Digo Simão to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute of the match Chris Nygaard sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Humberto Theobald skillfully saved the ball. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a great ball. Chris Nygaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otsando Llantaron in the 96th minute of play. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye EAU FC's goalie prevented a goal. Denmark were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of EAU FC for a fine match.