Challenge

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jan Bykowski made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Matouš Carda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Jan Bykowski sent off a good shot on target. In the 7th minute, Zhang Yin Si 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. 11 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Bykowski came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13thth minute of the game Jan Bykowski 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. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Bykowski's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Jan Bykowski put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Sanz. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Alan Moruga hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 18th minute. When Silvio Asier came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the AFC - Curitiba 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 Silvio Asier couldn't finish the play. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan Bykowski went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 24th minute of the match. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Zhang Yin Si sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as August Wahlnäs kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 4-0 in the 27 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, August Wahlnäs took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Zhang Yin Si tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zhang Yin Si showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 36 minute of play. If Matouš Carda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jan Bykowski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 44thth minute, Benito Sanz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 45th minute of the match, Matouš Carda got a very nice opportunity to score, but Benito Sanz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

AFC - Curitiba's Romário Ortiz was substituted for Zhang Yin Si. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, August Wahlnäs left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC - Curitiba fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. In the 55th minute, Jan Bykowski made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. The audience was convinced that Jan Bykowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 59 minutes, Jan Bykowski made it 10-0 with a short kick to the right side. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matouš Carda in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Jan Bykowski notched a goal, 11-0, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 69th minute of the match Silvio Asier shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benito Sanz showed his good shape when he easily got 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 Jan Bykowski in the 71st minute of play. Jan Bykowski succeeded in the game's 73rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 12-0. After 76 minutes of play, AFC - Curitiba's Matouš Carda made it 13-0 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! In the 79th minute, Matouš Carda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC - Curitiba fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 14-0. 85 minutes into the game, Jan Bykowski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 15-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AFC - Curitiba's Jan Bykowski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 16-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When AFC - Curitiba's August Wahlnäs in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. When the referee ended the match the AFC - Curitiba players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.