Challenge

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viriato Moura made the kick off which started today's match. Rodolfo Miranda charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodolfo Miranda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Miranda to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, Viriato Moura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilson Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olgierd Ziemniak went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Patryk Kensicki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caetano Moreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute Caetano Moreira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Kensicki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felipe Barreto scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patryk Kensicki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viriato Moura in the 20th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Patryk Kensicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portugal's Wilson Amorim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Portugal from getting a goal against them. Veth Crystals made a substitution. Cyryl Zielinski replaced Bartosz Lizewski. The referee gave Portugal a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Felipe Barreto, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Veth Crystals's Patryk Kensicki. 1-2. After a rather tough play, Veth Crystals's Alejandro Bullon got a free kick in the 35th minute. After 35 played minutes, Portugal's Felipe Barreto shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Patryk Kensicki came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Portugal reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Pimentel in the 38th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Patryk Kensicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viriato Moura charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Viriato Moura the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 40th minute, Viriato Moura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the last second Wilson Amorim throw himself and got hold of the ball when Gwidon Patora in the 46thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. If Daniel Pimentel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

53 minutes in the game Alejandro Bullon did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Olgierd Ziemniak. Portugal's Wilson Amorim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Patora in the 58th minute of play. When Gwidon Patora, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 58 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Wilson Amorim was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Witold Lepucki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 63rdth minute of the game Gwidon Patora who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portugal's Wilson Amorim was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Graciano Coutinho got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Graciano Coutinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patryk Kensicki was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim was substituted for Felipe Barreto. In the 77th minute Gwidon Patora 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. In the 79th minute, Gwidon Patora ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilson Amorim was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. 87 minutes into the game, Witold Lepucki threw the ball into play from the sideline. Portugal's Graciano Coutinho quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Veth Crystals's Patryk Kensicki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartolomeu Dias in the 90th minute of play. Olgierd Ziemniak struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Wilson Amorim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Veth Crystals. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from He Lin Di, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.