Challenge

Greenbay Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Will Alderson started the match with the kick off. Will Alderson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Will Alderson in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes Portugal's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pawel Golanski who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Pawel Golanski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wilson Amorim quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 23 minutes of play, Portugal's Felipe Barreto made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eugen Remus was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eugen Remus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 25th minute of the match. Raul Caetano hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Greenbay's Tyler Morton got a free kick in the 30th minute. Eugen Remus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 42nd minute of the match. Eugen Remus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 44th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

52 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Tyler Morton came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mesut Özil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 58 played minutes Greenbay got a freekick which was hit by Lu Wagner. When Felipe Barreto came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Portugal 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 Felipe Barreto couldn't finish the play. Daniel Pimentel struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Eugen Remus didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Portugal. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Greenbay's goalkeeper Eugen Remus, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Portugal's attentive Daniel Pimentel managed to snatch the ball when Vecdi Başesgioğlu made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Will Alderson struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Wilson Amorim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Greenbay. After 76 played minutes Portugal got a freekick which was hit by Faustino Almeida. After having played for 78 minutes, Will Alderson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Greenbay's supporters crossed their fingers, but Will Alderson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Vecdi Başesgioğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Wilson Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vecdi Başesgioğlu went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Will Alderson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Amorim having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Graciano Coutinho 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 second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.