Challenge

American Muscle
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chris Nygaard made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5thth minute of the game Chris Nygaard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Pontiac Bandit's Lisandro Gomez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Pontiac Bandit's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to The Pontiac Bandit getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Alfonso Santacroce hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Cristo Hondo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. The supporters of Denmark booed when The Pontiac Bandit was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feliberto Errapel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergio Shepherd in the 24th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sergio Shepherd in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Keld Paulsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 28th minute, Simon Bendtsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benedicto Obano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Denmark's Keld Paulsen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Denmark from getting a goal against them. Olav Graversen hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Cristo Hondo took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Lisandro Gomez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 44th minute of play. Feliberto Guillen's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Feliberto Guillen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th match minute, The Pontiac Bandit was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feliberto Guillen to maneuver through the defense. Lisandro Gomez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristo Hondo made a kick off. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Obano, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind The Pontiac Bandit's goalkeeper Lisandro Gomez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oso Bucuk in the 68th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bertram Svenningsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a great ball. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Shepherd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Olav Graversen in the 74th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by The Pontiac Bandit's Alfonso Santacroce. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Mikkel Wulff hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes The Pontiac Bandit got a freekick which was hit by Feliberto Errapel. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristo Hondo in the 82nd minute of the match. Alfonso Santacroce made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Benedicto Obano. After 85 played minutes The Pontiac Bandit got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Santacroce. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Shepherd in the 91st minute of the match. In the 95th match minute, The Pontiac Bandit was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergio Shepherd to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Bertram Svenningsen 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. Despite being the better team, Denmark failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.