National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gheorghe Hagi got the match started through his kick off. Carlo Di Fonzo charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlo Di Fonzo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ciro Ferrara kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Fethi Tanto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Daniel in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Federico Allegretti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Porto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10thth minute of the game Federico Allegretti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portugal's André Porto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Federico Allegretti sped through Portugal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of André Porto. Fethi Tanto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Américo Marques, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Fethi Tanto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Gonçalves in the 14th minute of play. Fethi Tanto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Américo Marques in the 21st minute of play. When Portugal's Armando Gonçalves in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. 28 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Camillo Giannico came free, but André Porto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Gonçalves in the 32nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Fethi Tanto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Fethi Tanto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Gonçalves in the 35th minute of play. André Porto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camillo Giannico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Daniel in the 38th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Fethi Tanto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Gheorghe Hagi notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Portugal's André Porto. André Porto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fethi Tanto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Gonçalves in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Daniel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Italy's Fethi Tanto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Italy's Fethi Tanto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lourenço Vaz in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Portugal defense, Gheorghe Hagi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Porto. The Portugal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Porto should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Armando Gonçalves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fethi Tanto. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fethi Tanto should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Jorge Daniel got a free kick in the 61st minute. Jorge Daniel kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Armando Gonçalves's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fethi Tanto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. Federico Allegretti took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised André Porto. André Porto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. André Porto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Munno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fethi Tanto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jorge Daniel's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Portugal's André Porto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Munno in the 79th minute of play. Portugal made a substitution. Víctor Lindelöf replaced Paulo Santos. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Portugal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlo Di Fonzo was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. Federico Allegretti made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Portugal's André Porto managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 84th minute, Américo Marques fired a really elegant long shot, but Fethi Tanto threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Italy's Fethi Tanto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. 90 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Américo Marques came free, but Fethi Tanto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Américo Marques in the 92nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Fethi Tanto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.