Challenge

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Aloísio Lima sped through Portugal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Wilson Amorim. In the 10th minute, Reyes Boyle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 11 played minutes PALMEIRAS-UTAH got a freekick which was hit by Cristi Mitică. Felipe Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 14 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Barreto came free, but Truman Harrington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Felipe Barreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Truman Harrington saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Reyes Boyle hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felipe Barreto in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Truman Harrington saved PALMEIRAS-UTAH from getting behind. After a rather tough play, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Jorge Pirani got a free kick in the 22nd minute. After 24 minutes PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Felipe Barreto who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viriato Moura in the 26th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Truman Harrington 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 Jorge Pirani in the 29th minute of the match. Truman Harrington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 30th minute of the match. Truman Harrington took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caetano Moreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felipe Barreto might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Truman Harrington. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipe Barreto ran back to his position shaking his head. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Truman Harrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Barreto in the 35th minute of play. Wilson Amorim made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Aloísio Lima sent off a good shot on target. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Truman Harrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th minute of the match, Aloísio Lima tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Wilson Amorim saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Fabricio Andrade 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bailey Kerns to make the kick off. After 58 minutes of play, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Bailey Kerns made it 3-0 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! After a rather tough play, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Cristi Mitică got a free kick in the 66th minute. Truman Harrington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 66th minute of the match. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Truman Harrington proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save PALMEIRAS-UTAH from getting a goal against them. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bailey Kerns in the 71st minute of play. If Felipe Barreto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Truman Harrington got control of the ball when Felipe Barreto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Truman Harrington made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Caetano Moreira sent off a good shot on target. In the 82nd minute, Cristi Mitică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias was substituted for Viriato Moura. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. The supporters of Portugal booed when PALMEIRAS-UTAH was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristi Mitică didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bartolomeu Dias received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Truman Harrington came out and tried to block the shot, but Bartolomeu Dias slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 87th minute. 91 minutes had been played when some careless play by PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Pimentel was slow to take the kick. During this time Portugal's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Fabricio Andrade heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.