Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Costa Rica's Axel Tasis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Juan Hoffmann struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GrosseLapingen. The audience was convinced that Juan Hoffmann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Juan Hoffmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in GrosseLapingen's zone, Eliseo Noboa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marian Chilavert came out of the goal and Eliseo Noboa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. GrosseLapingen were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Costa Rica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Damazy Pietrowiak took the corner. Damazy Pietrowiak made a great header on GrosseLapingen's corner, it was just that Costa Rica's Benito Sanz managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 22nd minute, GrosseLapingen's Cezary Piczak 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. 1-0. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Hoffmann in the 27th minute of the match. Lautaro Puig charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lautaro Puig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 29 minutes into the game, GrosseLapingen's Juan Hoffmann 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, 2-0. In the 32nd minute, Mihai Stratulat 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. In the 33rd play minute Cezary Piczak came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Benito Sanz. 3-0. In the 36th minute, Damazy Pietrowiak reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 4-0. Juan Hoffmann in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Benito Sanz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Through an outstanding action, after 44 minutes, Benito Sanz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Cezary Piczak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juan Hoffmann in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benito Sanz saved Costa Rica from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Juan Hoffmann to make the kick off. The GrosseLapingen fans' excitement grew in the 51st match minute when GrosseLapingen's Juan Hoffmann looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Noboa in the 53rd minute of play forced GrosseLapingen's goalkeeper Marian Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 55 minutes of play, GrosseLapingen's Juan Hoffmann made it 6-0 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! Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Hoffmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damazy Pietrowiak's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Hoffmann in the 61st minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Cezary Piczak notched a goal, 7-0, 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. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Hoffmann in the 65th minute of play. GrosseLapingen were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after Costa Rica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Damazy Pietrowiak took the corner. Damazy Pietrowiak made a great header on GrosseLapingen's corner, it was just that Costa Rica's Benito Sanz managed to reach the ball for a save. 71 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Juan Hoffmann came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Piczak in the 72nd minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juan Hoffmann went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Anastasios Tragas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Anastasios Tragas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when GrosseLapingen's Juan Hoffmann shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 81st minute, Juan Hoffmann made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. Aaron Alcocer kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juan Hoffmann went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by GrosseLapingen's Juan Hoffmann. But to his dismay, Juan Hoffmann quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. Cezary Piczak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. GrosseLapingen fully deserved thier win.