Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Paio York kicked off to start the match. If Paio York had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Aquiles Duarte kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Paio York's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duarte Duarte was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafael Nóbrega was slow to take the kick. During this time Portugal's players had a chance to rest. In the 14thth minute of the game Aquiles Duarte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portugal's Leal Simões was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Golo Duarte in the 20th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Leal Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ulisses Duarte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leal Simões having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paio York in the 26th minute of play forced CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goalkeeper Duarte Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafael Nóbrega was slow to take the kick. During this time Portugal's players had a chance to rest. Leal Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulisses Duarte in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulisses Duarte in the 38th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Leal Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Golo Duarte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paio York sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute Golo Duarte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Golo Duarte to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Golo Duarte in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leal Simões prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 54 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Aquiles Duarte came free, but Leal Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paio York in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Duarte Duarte saved CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paio York in the 61st minute of play forced CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goalkeeper Duarte Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Duarte Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paio York, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paio York sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Portugal's Hermenegildo Ventura was substituted for Francisco Taveira. With a little luck, Portugal's Leal Simões got control of the ball when Golo Duarte tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Aquiles Duarte got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 80th minute, Paio York made a precise shot to the right of Duarte Duarte. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. A throw-in in the 88th minute of the game was made by Toby Fields with Ulisses Duarte as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Aquiles Duarte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leal Simões having to interfere. Portugal's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ulisses Duarte 96 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. The Portugal supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's performance. The match ended with a win for CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land.