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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when André Vale made the kick off which started today's match. Rui Patrício showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samy Caroff in the 3rd minute of the match. After having played for 4 minutes, André Vale managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Portugal's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Vale was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Maxence Dubief showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Correia in the 10th minute of the match. Rui Patrício showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samy Caroff in the 12th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Portugal's José Correia got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 30th minute Américo Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maxence Dubief saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maxence Dubief showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Correia in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Pays in the 37th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Rui Patrício to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When France's Désiré Frangeul in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Portugal's goalie prevented a goal. In the 39th minute of the match France 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. Olivier Atton ran over to the corner to take the kick. Maxence Dubief took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Paulo Setúbal got a free kick in the 44th minute. Portugal were awarded a corner in the 47th minute after France's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. José Correia took the corner. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

France made a substitution. Guillaume Oury replaced Omar Pays. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Samy Caroff stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Désiré Frangeul got free with Rui Patrício in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Olivier Atton came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the France 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 Olivier Atton couldn't finish the play. Maxence Dubief took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 64 minutes, José Correia made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. France's Maxence Dubief tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 67 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when José Correia came free, but Maxence Dubief reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rui Patrício showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tanguy Delebarre, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Correia in the 70th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxence Dubief to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Portugal! After 72 minutes Portugal's goalkeeper Rui Patrício managed, with a little bit of luck, save Olivier Atton's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludovic Berthomieu in the 77th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Rui Patrício to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the match, France's goal looked a bit too open when André Vale came free, but Maxence Dubief reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. France's Maxence Dubief played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Correia in the 86th minute of play. France's Maxence Dubief played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Daniel in the 88th minute of play. Portugal's Rui Patrício proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Portugal from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Vale in the 92nd minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Maxence Dubief to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.