Challenge

Thunder Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Denmark's Chris Nygaard started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Remigio Ihintza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 6th match minute, SOUTH THUNDER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benito Argi to maneuver through the defense. Humberto Bixintxo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Keld Paulsen made a huge save. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Bixintxo in the 9th minute of play. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto Bixintxo in the 10th minute of the match. Denmark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Chris Nygaard in the 13th minute. Denmark's Mikkel Wulff was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Desiderio Endura in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Humberto Bixintxo succeeded in the game's 19th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. In the 36thth minute of the game Chris Nygaard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SOUTH THUNDER's Desiderio Endura was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chris Nygaard in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Desiderio Endura saved SOUTH THUNDER from getting behind. In the 39th minute, Chris Nygaard got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Denmark were furious when Theis Winther was red carded, 44 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 43 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Denmark!

Mikkel Wulff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Desiderio Endura having to interfere. Bertram Svenningsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Desiderio Endura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikkel Wulff, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lars Steen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Desiderio Endura having to interfere. Bertram Svenningsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th minute, Olav Graversen reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Desiderio Endura. The goal made the score 2-2. Desiderio Endura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikkel Wulff in the 66th minute of the match. Bertram Svenningsen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Desiderio Endura made a huge save. Denmark's Lars Steen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Zeledon Teofilio in the 69 minute of the game. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Desiderio Endura, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 71st minute, Bertram Svenningsen fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Desiderio Endura, passed just outside the right post. 75 minutes into the match, Mikkel Wulff dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Desiderio Endura, 2-3. Zeledon Teofilio made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Remigio Ihintza immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 81st minute of play forced SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Desiderio Endura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Olav Graversen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 85 minutes, Bertram Svenningsen made it 2-4 with a short kick to the right side. SOUTH THUNDER's Desiderio Endura tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 89th minute, Lars Steen reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Desiderio Endura. The goal made the score 2-5. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Bjarne Kirkegaard got a free kick in the 96th minute. The SOUTH THUNDER fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Denmark were clearly better and deserved to take the win.