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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Viriato Moura got the match started through his kick off. When Santiago Abreu came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Celestiales 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 Santiago Abreu couldn't finish the play. In the 5th minute, Celestiales's Santiago Abreu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Portugal's Wilson Amorim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Portugal from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 13th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Abreu in the 15th minute of play. Portugal's Daniel Pimentel quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ariel Valiente, made in the 19th minute of the game. Felipe Barreto might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iker Madrid. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipe Barreto ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 20th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felipe Barreto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iker Madrid read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Sha in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes in the game Ariel Valiente did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Albano Millan. After a rather tough play, Celestiales's Albano Millan got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Celestiales's Iker Madrid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Barreto in the 33rd minute of play. 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 34th minute. A nice corner shot did that Felipe Barreto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Iker Madrid quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 36th minute of the match. Portugal's Felipe Barreto was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Iker Madrid in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabricio Andrade in the 38th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 39 played minutes Celestiales got a freekick which was hit by Ariel Valiente. If Faustino Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santiago Abreu got free with Wilson Amorim in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Santiago Abreu made the kick off in the second half. The corner led to Celestiales's Santiago Abreu getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 57 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felipe Barreto. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jiang Sha in the 61st minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Jiang Sha came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iker Madrid didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Viriato Moura went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim was substituted for Felipe Barreto. Ariel Valiente hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Eustaquio Eudoxio took the ball and in the 81 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 2-1. In the 92nd minute, Celestiales's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Pimentel fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. With an all-out effort, Portugal's Iker Madrid threw himself towards the right post 94 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bartolomeu Dias, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 94 minutes into the game, Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iker Madrid made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.