Challenge

Canchita del Cura
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, 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. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hector Txartiko's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hector Txartiko helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes Enclenques got a freekick which was hit by Hector Txartiko. 5 minutes into the match, Bertram Svenningsen notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Enclenques's Fidel Atarrabi. Fidel Atarrabi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 8th match minute, Enclenques was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paolo Ixaka to maneuver through the defense. If Bjarne Kirkegaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Mathias Ludvigsen fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Denmark's protests and gave Mathias Ludvigsen a yellow card for diving instead. Hector Txartiko hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Fidel Atarrabi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. A hard shot 32 in the game by Maximino Arotza from a close distance when the talented Keld Paulsen managed to make a qualified save. Denmark's players were relieved. The Denmark fans' excitement grew in the 39th match minute when Denmark's Chris Nygaard looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Chris Nygaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fidel Atarrabi was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 52ndth minute of the game Chris Nygaard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Enclenques's Fidel Atarrabi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Enclenques's Fidel Atarrabi got control of the ball when Bertram Svenningsen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Enclenques's zone, Mikkel Wulff stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fidel Atarrabi came out of the goal and Mikkel Wulff tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Enclenques's Fidel Atarrabi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Denmark's Chris Nygaard dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. After 64 minutes, Bertram Svenningsen made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Enclenques's Fidel Atarrabi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Olav Graversen hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the last second Fidel Atarrabi throw himself and got hold of the ball when Chris Nygaard in the 70thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Alejo Hori made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Mathias Ludvigsen. Fabio Iratzeder blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Keld Paulsen having to make a save. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Denmark fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Chris Nygaard couldn't finish the play. Denmark were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after Enclenques's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chris Nygaard took the corner. After taking down the ball on Denmark's corner Chris Nygaard fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fidel Atarrabi quite easily take care of the ball. Maximino Arotza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Fabio Iratzeder 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 Fabio Iratzeder was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6.