Challenge

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Viriato Moura got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Portugal booed when Red Bull Magnus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Hefter didn't get a good kick on the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Pimentel came free, but Cláudio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portugal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Felipe Barreto in the 7th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Felipe Barreto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Portugal's supporters rose to their feet, but Felipe Barreto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cláudio Bittencourt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 18th minute, Bass Dost ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilson Amorim was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The audience was convinced that Bass Dost's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilson Amorim was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. If Felipe Barreto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 23rd minute Felipe Barreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cláudio Bittencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Barreto came free, but Cláudio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bass Dost in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Magnus's Rodolfo Proença got a free kick in the 28th minute. Felipe Barreto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cláudio Bittencourt. Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cláudio Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano Moreira in the 30th minute of the match. Cláudio Bittencourt came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Portugal's Felipe Barreto. But to his dismay, Felipe Barreto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 35 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Pimentel came free, but Cláudio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portugal were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Red Bull Magnus's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felipe Barreto took the corner. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Bass Dost made the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute, Felipe Barreto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Portugal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Red Bull Magnus made a substitution. You Wei Xing replaced Felipe Araújo. 62 minutes into the game, Red Bull Magnus's You Wei Xing nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wilson Amorim made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. 69 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when You Wei Xing came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Portugal booed when Red Bull Magnus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amazigh Ghost didn't get a good kick on the ball. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias was substituted for Viriato Moura. In the 72nd match minute, Red Bull Magnus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amazigh Ghost to maneuver through the defense. After 73 minutes of play, Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cláudio Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 76th minute Portugal were awarded a corner. Daniel Pimentel went to the cornerflag to take it. Luisão Negri made in the 79th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Felipinho Amorim. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from You Wei Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. If Daniel Pimentel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Cláudio Bittencourt, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Portugal players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Red Bull Magnus from taking control. The game ends in a draw.