Challenge

Portugal Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) SV Bad Harzburg's Silvestre Loi 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. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Viriato Moura got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Silvestre Loi might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilson Amorim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Silvestre Loi ran back to his position shaking his head. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Loi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Éthan Pichard, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. SV Bad Harzburg's Éthan Pichard got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jacek Matuch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Pimentel, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Éthan Pichard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horst Hussen, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Graciano Coutinho got a free kick in the 17th minute. Felipe Barreto charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felipe Barreto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Felipe Barreto kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Silvestre Loi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Wilson Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Portugal defense, Silvestre Loi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wilson Amorim. The Portugal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wilson Amorim should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Silvestre Loi managed to get in a good position for a shot. SV Bad Harzburg's supporters rose to their feet, but Silvestre Loi 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. 28 minutes into the game, Silvestre Loi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Wilson Amorim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 31 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felipe Barreto. Jacek Matuch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Pimentel in the 35th minute of the match. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Éthan Pichard, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Graciano Coutinho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jacek Matuch quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 43rd minute, Fabricio Andrade 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. In the 45th minute, Felipe Barreto 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. The Portugal players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. SV Bad Harzburg were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Viriato Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Silvestre Loi. In the 52nd minute, Felipe Barreto 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. 60 minutes into the match, Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Éthan Pichard. 62 minutes into the match, Felipe Barreto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacek Matuch. SV Bad Harzburg's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felipe Barreto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in SV Bad Harzburg's zone, Viriato Moura stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacek Matuch came out of the goal and Viriato Moura tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of SV Bad Harzburg booed when Portugal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Caetano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermann Viapiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felipinho Amorim blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacek Matuch having to make a save. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Pimentel in the 79th minute of play. Wilson Amorim made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Takeshi Bieberstein sent off a good shot on target. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartolomeu Dias in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipinho Amorim in the 88th minute of play forced SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipinho Amorim in the 89th minute of play. After 96 minutes of play, Portugal's Caetano Moreira made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacek Matuch was left in no man's land by his defense there! For all the effort they put into the match, the SV Bad Harzburg players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Portugal.