Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lv Ang Le made the kick off which started today's match. Zeng Zhen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. 9 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zeng Zhen. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 10th minute. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Zeng Zhen took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. In the 17th minute, Zeng Zhen fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zeng Zhen went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Cheng Sha. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lv Ang Le showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 30 minute of play. In the 33rd minute, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Zeng Zhen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. In the 37th minute, Liu Jian Qiang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Lv Ang Le had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when Axel Tasis made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Zeng Zhen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zeng Zhen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. 55 minutes into the game, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Zeng Zhen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Lv Ang Le fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Peng Yuan in the 59th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 minutes, Eliseo Noboa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th minute, Eliseo Noboa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute Lv Ang Le shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Zhuang Hong was substituted for Liu Jian Qiang. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Peng Yuan in the 68th minute of the match. In the 69thth minute of the game Lv Ang Le who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Zhen in the 73rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Zhuang Hong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Zhuang Hong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 77 minutes of play, 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's Liu Peng Yuan made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Lautaro Puig hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute, Zeng Zhen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Qin Jun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Peng Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. There was no doubt that 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』 were the better team. 【AC】Romagnoli『湘☆军』's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.