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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Viriato Moura started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Heliodoro Palacios might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilson Amorim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Heliodoro Palacios ran back to his position shaking his head. Evstati Shushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano Moreira in the 7th minute of play. Portugal's attentive Daniel Pimentel managed to snatch the ball when Gelmiro Ocaña made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. Felipe Barreto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Oscar Mulero defense, Felipe Barreto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evstati Shushev. The Oscar Mulero fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evstati Shushev should have stopped the shot. Evstati Shushev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qarabulud La Forgia in the 23rd minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Merexildo came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felipe Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 26th minute Felipe Barreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evstati Shushev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evstati Shushev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felipe Barreto went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Efrain Merexildo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Wilson Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Efrain Merexildo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Amorim having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Portugal's zone, Efrain Merexildo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal and Efrain Merexildo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wilson Amorim made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Efrain Merexildo sent off a good shot on target. Evstati Shushev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 39th minute of the match. If Graciano Coutinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Evstati Shushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viriato Moura in the 44th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Oscar Mulero's zone, Graciano Coutinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Evstati Shushev came out of the goal and Graciano Coutinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Efrain Merexildo to make the kick off. Oscar Mulero's Efrain Merexildo got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 55th minute Efrain Merexildo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Efrain Merexildo scored 2-2 in the 56th 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. In the 60th minute of the match Oscar Mulero got a corner. Portugal's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fred Iemberge ran over to the corner to take the kick. Efrain Merexildo took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wilson Amorim. Wilson Amorim dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Efrain Merexildo took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wilson Amorim. Wilson Amorim dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. If Ruben Barajas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efrain Merexildo in the 72nd minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fred Iemberge got a throw-in 75 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ruben Barajas. Raul Caetano's late challenge caught a Oscar Mulero's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raul Caetano helped the player get up and apologised. Raul Caetano hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Qarabulud La Forgia succeeded in the game's 79th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-2. Wilson Amorim didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Oscar Mulero's Efrain Merexildo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After 91 minutes of play Portugal's Raul Caetano was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Portugal! In the 92nd minute there was a penalty for Oscar Mulero. Ruben Barajas stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Wilson Amorim. 7-2. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qarabulud La Forgia in the 98th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Portugal players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Oscar Mulero.