Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elias Quadros took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jamaall Padmore hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Jamaica's Javan Develder got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute of the game Wayan Freeman made a throw-in which Leron Sale played forward. After 8 played minutes Rua da Pinga got a freekick which was hit by Albérico Gouveia. In the 11th minute, Finlay Stair reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armindo Bettencourt. The goal made the score 1-0. Rua da Pinga's Armindo Bettencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Finlay Stair in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Rua da Pinga's Albérico Gouveia got a free kick in the 16th minute. Jarell Hill kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Karlus Waugh hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Armindo Bettencourt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leron Sale in the 30th minute. Finlay Stair could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Armindo Bettencourt made a huge save. Rua da Pinga's Armindo Bettencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Finlay Stair in the 35th minute of play. Armindo Bettencourt came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Jamaica's Leron Sale. But to his dismay, Leron Sale quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Armindo Bettencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Finlay Stair, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Rua da Pinga's Alexandre Garcia managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Javan Develder in the 44 minute of the game. If Alexandre Garcia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexandre Garcia made in the 47th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Joaquim Carvalhais.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Finlay Stair made a kick off. Silvano Trigueiro hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Armindo Bettencourt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karlus Waugh in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Homero Cerqueira in the 56th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armindo Bettencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romon Oliver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 59 minutes into the match, Rua da Pinga's goal looked a bit too open when Finlay Stair came free, but Armindo Bettencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Rua da Pinga getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Albérico Gouveia hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Finlay Stair managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jamaica's supporters rose to their feet, but Finlay Stair was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armindo Bettencourt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 63rd minute, Karlus Waugh ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armindo Bettencourt was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Armindo Bettencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karlus Waugh, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 72nd minute, Rua da Pinga's Silvano Trigueiro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Silvano Trigueiro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Rua da Pinga protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Silvano Trigueiro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 74th minute, Finlay Stair 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. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Finlay Stair sped through Rua da Pinga's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Armindo Bettencourt. In the 92nd minute Jarell Hill shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armindo Bettencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wayan Freeman got a throw-in 95 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Finlay Stair. An unexpectedly hard shot by Finlay Stair in the 97th minute of play forced Rua da Pinga's goalkeeper Armindo Bettencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rua da Pinga's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.