Challenge

Ilha Do Retiro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viriato Moura made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes of play, Sport Clube Recife's Robby Woody made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilson Amorim was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Viriato Moura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Percy Fernandez was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Sport Clube Recife's Robby Woody got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robby Woody in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robby Woody in the 15th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portugal's Wilson Amorim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robby Woody in the 23rd minute of play. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robby Woody, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Felipe Barreto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Percy Fernandez was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. With a little luck, Portugal's Wilson Amorim got control of the ball when Pablo Lampard tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sport Clube Recife were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Portugal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pablo Lampard took the corner. After taking down the ball on Sport Clube Recife's corner Pablo Lampard fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wilson Amorim quite easily take care of the ball. Felipe Barreto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Percy Fernandez having to make a save. Percy Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Viriato Moura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th 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: 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th 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. Percy Fernandez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Robby Woody stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Sport Clube Recife's goalkeeper Percy Fernandez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felipe Barreto. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sport Clube Recife's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Felipe Barreto was slow to take the kick. During this time Portugal's players had a chance to rest. Felipe Barreto succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 65th playminute. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim was substituted for Felipe Barreto. Bartolomeu Dias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Percy Fernandez having to interfere. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gualter Penha in the 75th minute of the match. Sport Clube Recife were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Portugal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pablo Lampard took the corner. After taking down the ball on Sport Clube Recife's corner Pablo Lampard fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wilson Amorim quite easily take care of the ball. In the 78th minute Bartolomeu Dias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute of the match Portugal got a corner. Sport Clube Recife's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Pimentel ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Pimentel got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Percy Fernandez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 83rd minute Gualter Penha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Robby Woody managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Clube Recife's supporters rose to their feet, but Robby Woody was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilson Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 86 minutes into the match, Sport Clube Recife's goal looked a bit too open when Bartolomeu Dias came free, but Percy Fernandez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Lampard in the 87th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovani Medeiros kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Sport Clube Recife lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.