Challenge

Portugal Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Walter Giardino got the match started through his kick off. A throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game was made by Fabricio Andrade with Bruno Bastos as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Öztürk Terim managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fabricio Andrade in the 6 minute of the game. In the 15th minute, Walter Giardino 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 0-1. Walter Giardino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wilson Amorim read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Walter Giardino blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Wilson Amorim having to make a save. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Caetano Moreira 33 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Portugal's Wilson Amorim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis Alexandris in the 36th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Felipe Barreto took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for José Sá to make any attempt to save it. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 41st minute of the match. Walter Giardino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 45 minutes, Walter Giardino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Walter Giardino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Viriato Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Faustino Almeida in the 52nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fiz Biembengén. 53 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wilson Amorim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Kosmas Salaminiotis was substituted for Grigoris Kornaros. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Giannis Papoutsakis was substituted for Charis Leontiou. Faustino Almeida got a throw-in 59 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Graciano Coutinho. 62 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Wilson Amorim, 2-2. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Walter Giardino took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Wilson Amorim to make any attempt to save it. 78 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of Portugal's Wilson Amorim. Wilson Amorim was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Bruno Bastos got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Wilson Amorim made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexis Alexandris in the 84th minute. Walter Giardino who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 86thth minute tested the skills of Wilson Amorim when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Graciano Coutinho notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá. José Sá was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Telis Ntasios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 95 minutes into the match, Portugal's Daniel Pimentel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Sá narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched tHe SOnS of rAGnar eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.