Challenge

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viriato Moura made the kick off which started today's match. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Pimentel in the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael Fenton in the 19th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavius Postelnicescu lost his temper 23 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 23rd minute, Flavius Postelnicescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marquinhos Best kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Baggio in the 29th minute of play. Portugal's attentive Daniel Pimentel managed to snatch the ball when Marquinhos Best made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 33rd minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Felipe Barreto notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jardel Baggio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Portugal's Felipe Barreto ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. After 60 played minutes Portugal got a freekick which was hit by Caetano Moreira. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after Portugal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jardel Baggio took the corner. If Jean-Paul Møffelmand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Cauan Loyola put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Wilson Amorim. In the 73rd minute, one of Portugal:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Portugal. In the 75th minute, Niklas Bergdal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 76 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Marquinhos Best. In the 78th minute of the match Niklas Bergdal shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wilson Amorim showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Nilson Peres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipinho Amorim in the 84th minute. Sebastião Henriques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cauan Loyola, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cauan Loyola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's Sebastião Henriques. But to his dismay, Sebastião Henriques quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Portugal's Felipinho Amorim slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nilson Peres. That made the score 3-3 after 96 minutes of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the ITAFUT 4EVER players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.