Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Apostolos Valaoras started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Adalberto Neves hit a great ball. Leonel Cordaro hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Amado Neiva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Apostolos Valaoras's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Portugal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Germano Caldeira took the corner. In the 24th minute CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land were awarded a corner. Germano Caldeira went to the cornerflag to take it. Amado Neiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apostolos Valaoras in the 27th minute of the match. Amado Neiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koit Vatsar in the 29th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the game, Basílio Vilanova lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Ray Donovan. After some careless play in the Portugal defense, Apostolos Valaoras kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amado Neiva. The Portugal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amado Neiva should have stopped the shot. In the 43rd minute Adalberto Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amado Neiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After taking down the ball on CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's corner Germano Caldeira fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Amado Neiva quite easily take care of the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Portugal made a substitution. Filipe Nóbrega replaced Jean-Pierre Papin. After a rather tough play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Miyagi Duarte got a free kick in the 54th minute. 61 minutes into the match, Apostolos Valaoras dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Amado Neiva, 1-2. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Tomás Silva was substituted for Dar Máximo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apostolos Valaoras in the 65th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Amado Neiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amado Neiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koit Vatsar in the 69th minute of play. Koit Vatsar didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 69th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Koit Vatsar ran dejectedly back to his position. In the 70thth minute of the game Koit Vatsar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portugal's Amado Neiva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 70 minutes, Koit Vatsar made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Portugal's Amado Neiva tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Germano Caldeira in the 77th minute. The corner ended in Koit Vatsar almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Portugal's Amado Neiva did a great save. Ray Donovan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basílio Vilanova in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute Celso Calado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ray Donovan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basílio Vilanova in the 89th minute of play forced CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goalkeeper Ray Donovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ray Donovan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Calado in the 90th minute of play. In the 90th match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Nóbrega to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, Basílio Vilanova left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Portugal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. In the 96th minute Basílio Vilanova shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ray Donovan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.