Portugal 1 - 1 Suomi (370867242)

54025 spectators had found their way to EL XENTENARIO, despite the heavy rain. Leontin Dobre was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jelmer Hellenbrand and Eduardo Rey. The match took place on neutral ground. U-20 Portugal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Oliveira Dias - Pires, de Sousa, Mendes - Pedrosa, Morgado, Rodrigues, Reis, Fogaça - Guerreiro, Coelho.

U-20 Suomi started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Sääski - Ollilainen, Paanasalo, Litsilä - Aurio, Båga, Tomperi, Narvi, Magga - Rapakko, Suopuro.

U-20 Suomi saw most attack opportunities on the wings. P. Guerreiro caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 8 minutes. This gave U-20 Portugal the 1 - 0 lead. 34 minutes into the match U-20 Suomi's J. Magga viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, U-20 Suomi's J. Paanasalo was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 34 minutes. A. Fredriksson was given a chance to change things around. U-20 Suomi's E. Rapakko got himself booked for a foul. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like W. Suopuro. U-20 Portugal mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 43 minutes, but G. Fogaça was unable to convert from short range. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. U-20 Portugal had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The visitors refused to give in and, after 52 minutes, J. Tomperi evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 With 74 minutes played N. Mendes almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' J. Sääski was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. U-20 Portugal's A. de Sousa was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 82 minutes. As the match clock reached 83 minutes, U-20 Suomi's organisation began to suffer due to a lack of experience. J. Tomperi always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 84 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. It was a bad day for the usually speedy V. Pedrosa. The mud seemed to slow him down. Possession in this half belonged to U-20 Portugal, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

U-20 Portugal's best player was P. Guerreiro. However, A. de Sousa made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating U-20 Suomi player was without a doubt J. Sääski. M. Narvi turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.