Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Unai Sócrates kicked off to start the match. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Carmona. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. 5 minutes into the match, U21 Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Marco Carmona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Carmona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Unai Sócrates, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Saturnin in the 12th minute of play forced U21 Portugal's goalkeeper Marco Carmona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, U21 Portugal's Sebastián Sosa threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luís Cunha, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Portugal's zone, Lucjan Winnicki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Carmona came out of the goal and Lucjan Winnicki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Portugal's zone, Unai Sócrates stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Carmona came out of the goal and Unai Sócrates tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28th minute of the match TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™ got a corner. U21 Portugal's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rómeó Julia ran over to the corner to take the kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Artun Akçakoca advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 28th minute. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marco Carmona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Unai Sócrates, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Carmona stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Unai Sócrates's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the match, U21 Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Marco Carmona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s attentive Ferdi Gay managed to snatch the ball when Matias Ginter made a throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game. 44 minutes into the match, U21 Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Marco Carmona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Unai Sócrates's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marco Carmona firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 53rd minute of the game Matias Ginter made a throw-in which Luís Cunha played forward. Sebastián Sosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Araújo in the 55th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the game, TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s Julian Saturnin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Carmona made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 63 minutes into the match, TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s goal looked a bit too open when Luís Cunha came free, but Sebastián Sosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Portugal made a substitution. Honorato Soveral replaced Nuno Madureira. 71 minutes into the game, U21 Portugal's Ricardo Araújo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sebastián Sosa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The throw-in from Eliseu Lucena in the 75th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s Lucjan Winnicki. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s Lucjan Winnicki quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eliseu Lucena, made in the 87th minute of the game. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™'s Lucjan Winnicki quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eliseu Lucena, made in the 90th minute of the game. Marco Carmona was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Julian Saturnin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 92 minute of play. TC☆ Keskin Nişancı™ played a much better game than U21 Portugal and deserved their victory. The U21 Portugal players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.