National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mefodiy Matlash started the match with the kick off. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Coelho in the 5th minute of the match. Vsevolod Onyschenko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Coelho went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Vsevolod Onyschenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute João Coelho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vsevolod Onyschenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Miranda in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vsevolod Onyschenko saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. In the 14th match minute, U21 Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Anjos to maneuver through the defense. U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Coelho in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Jorge Miranda notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko. Vsevolod Onyschenko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogério Esteves in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Zakhar Dolotko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the game's 27th minute U21 Portugal's Amadeu Ferro took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Vsevolod Onyschenko and thus the score was 0-3. In the 34th match minute, U21 Ukraine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Arsenyuk to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute of the match Cláudio Ramos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vsevolod Onyschenko showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vsevolod Onyschenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Viktor Arsenyuk came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the U21 Ukraine 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 Viktor Arsenyuk couldn't finish the play. Vsevolod Onyschenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogério Esteves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Ukraine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Amadeu Ferro was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Portugal's players had a chance to rest. The corner led U21 Portugal's Amadeu Ferro to fire away a dangerous shot which Vsevolod Onyschenko despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The U21 Ukraine players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Portugal were winning 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rogério Esteves to strike the kick off in the second half. U21 Portugal's Alexandre Aleixo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mefodiy Matlash in the 58th minute of play. U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Miranda in the 60th minute of play. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Miranda in the 60th minute of the match. With a little luck, U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko got control of the ball when Cláudio Ramos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Miranda in the 63rd minute of the match. With a little luck, U21 Ukraine's Vsevolod Onyschenko got control of the ball when João Coelho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rogério Esteves might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vsevolod Onyschenko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rogério Esteves ran back to his position shaking his head. João Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vsevolod Onyschenko having to interfere. U21 Portugal's Toninho Baresi was substituted for Alexandre Pedroso. U21 Portugal made a substitution. Mariano Vale replaced Cláudio Ramos. U21 Portugal made a substitution. Afonso Santos replaced Jorge Miranda. U21 Ukraine's Borys Kozyuberda was substituted for Viktor Arsenyuk. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Santos in the 77th minute of the match. Borys Kozyuberda blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alexandre Aleixo having to make a save. Alexandre Aleixo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Borys Kozyuberda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. João Coelho who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 82ndth minute tested the skills of Vsevolod Onyschenko when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 86th minute, Rogério Esteves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Afonso Santos in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vsevolod Onyschenko saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. In the 88th match minute, U21 Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toninho Baresi to maneuver through the defense. 90 minutes into the match, Rogério Esteves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vsevolod Onyschenko. U21 Ukraine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rogério Esteves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Toninho Baresi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. U21 Portugal played a much better game than U21 Ukraine and deserved their victory. The U21 Ukraine players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.