Challenge

Portugal Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Narciso Madureira made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Narciso Madureira put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Wilson Amorim. 10 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Madureira came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portugal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Felipe Barreto in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Portugal's Viriato Moura ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aderbal Santos. Aderbal Santos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Vilas Boas in the 20th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aderbal Santos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipe Barreto in the 22nd minute. Aderbal Santos made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Felipe Barreto sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Aderbal Santos in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sílvio Ferrão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gunnar Björklund might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilson Amorim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gunnar Björklund ran back to his position shaking his head. After 39 minutes of play, Straedelburgh's Narciso Madureira made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilson Amorim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Portugal were furious when Raul Caetano was red carded, 44 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 44 minutes into the game, one of Portugal:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 46 minutes into the match, Marcos Vilas Boas notched a goal, 2-3, 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. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Pimentel was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Straedelburgh's Sílvio Ferrão sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wilson Amorim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 52 minutes into the match, Straedelburgh's Narciso Madureira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wilson Amorim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, Portugal's Wilson Amorim got control of the ball when Narciso Madureira tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Ferrão in the 55th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narciso Madureira in the 56th minute of the match. If Caco Araújo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the game, Karl-Michael Helström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Wilson Amorim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Vilas Boas in the 67th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Amorim was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Karl-Michael Helström showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-5 in the 70 minute of play. Gunnar Björklund's late challenge caught a Portugal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gunnar Björklund helped the player get up and apologised. Gunnar Björklund kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Straedelburgh's Aderbal Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipinho Amorim in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sílvio Ferrão. Wilson Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sílvio Ferrão went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-6 was the resulting score. 85 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Karl-Michael Helström came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karl-Michael Helström scored 2-7 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wilson Amorim, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Sílvio Ferrão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aderbal Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipinho Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95th minute Felipinho Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aderbal Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Straedelburgh played a much better game than Portugal and deserved their victory. The Portugal players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.