Challenge

Liberty Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) When FC Philotimo's Aryakumara Snow in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Panama's goalie prevented a goal. Vitomir Vutov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 9th minute of the match. After 10 minutes, Jose Carita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panama and the FC Philotimo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jose Carita kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. FC Philotimo's Stig-Arne Valler couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 11th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Panama. 14 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitomir Vutov. FC Philotimo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of FC Philotimo booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoro Sarmiento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Panama's Dylan Sarmiento managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Edgard Donzel in the 20 minute of the game. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Jose Carita hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aryakumara Snow in the 24th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Philotimo booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoro Sarmiento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aryakumara Snow blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcos Cotilla having to make a save. 37 minutes in the game Jose Carita did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tomas Berganza. Aryakumara Snow scored 2-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 47th minute, FC Philotimo's Aryakumara Snow ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aryakumara Snow was the one to do the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, FC Philotimo's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Vitomir Vutov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Edgard Donzel came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Philotimo's Fabian Vime was substituted for Xeromo Garibay. FC Philotimo made a substitution. Alejandro Chorache replaced Edgard Donzel. FC Philotimo's Efrain Fuentes was substituted for Aryakumara Snow. In the 64th minute of the match FC Philotimo got a corner. Panama's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stig-Arne Valler ran over to the corner to take the kick. Stig-Arne Valler made a great header on FC Philotimo's corner, it was just that Panama's Marcos Cotilla managed to reach the ball for a save. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Chorache in the 65th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Philotimo's Mauricio Froylan got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 70th minute Efrain Fuentes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute, FC Philotimo's Luis Barbas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Luis Barbas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Philotimo protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Luis Barbas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 78 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC Philotimo! 83 minutes into the match, FC Philotimo's Efrain Fuentes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Cotilla narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 84 minutes Panama's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stig-Arne Valler who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Panama's goalie and right to Alejandro Chorache. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Panama's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 93rd minute, Efrain Fuentes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Philotimo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. FC Philotimo's Efrain Fuentes got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Philotimo's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.