Challenge

Lino Quinito
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Elite Azulgrana's Santiago Flores managed to work through Denmark's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Santiago Flores dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Bertram Svenningsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaston Gomez having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Elite Azulgrana's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Gaston Gomez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaston Gomez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gaston Gomez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertram Svenningsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Isidro Lángara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Elite Azulgrana's Santiago Flores nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Keld Paulsen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 28th minute, Mathias Ludvigsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Nygaard in the 36th minute of play forced Elite Azulgrana's goalkeeper Gaston Gomez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Elite Azulgrana's Isidro Lángara. But to his dismay, Isidro Lángara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Lángara in the 45th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Flores in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Santiago Flores made a kick off. The supporters of Denmark booed when Elite Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidro Lángara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Santiago Flores sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Natalio Lekubegi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69thth minute of the game Santiago Flores who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Denmark's Keld Paulsen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Segundo Rameriz made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. In the 73rd minute of the game Segundo Rameriz made a throw-in which Bartolo Bernebe played forward. Gaston Gomez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Steen in the 82nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Santiago Flores's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Gaston Gomez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertram Svenningsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. A collision led to Elite Azulgrana getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Bartolo Bernebe hit a great ball. Elite Azulgrana's Isidro Lángara got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 94 minutes into the game, Lars Steen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Denmark's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Elite Azulgrana the free kick. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Lars Steen hit a great ball. After having played for 95 minutes, Alfredo Carricaberry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elite Azulgrana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Carricaberry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Segundo Rameriz made in the 98th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Bartolo Bernebe however managed to control. Elite Azulgrana were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Denmark for a fine match.