Challenge

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Åkerström in the 3rd minute of the match. After 6 minutes of play, Panama's Tomas Berganza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fredrik Bennet was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Panama's Alex Cambeiro got a free kick in the 8th minute. After some careless play in the Samurai defense, Tomas Berganza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fredrik Bennet. The Samurai fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fredrik Bennet should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Tomas Berganza sped through Samurai's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fredrik Bennet. Abraham Alguacil hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Michael Haglund hit a great ball. Abraham Alguacil's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fredrik Bennet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. After having played for 28 minutes, Isidoro Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidoro Sarmiento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fredrik Bennet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 43rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Samurai's Roger Kalfhage got a free kick in the 44th minute. The Samurai players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Panama were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mattias Smefeldt to make the kick off. Tomas Berganza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute, Samurai's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Abraham Alguacil fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 62 minutes into the game, Michael Haglund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Samurai's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Panama the free kick. A collision led to Samurai getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Michael Haglund hit a great ball. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fredrik Bennet having to interfere. Roger Kalfhage kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Tomas Berganza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fredrik Bennet. The goal made the score 0-5. Henry Åkerström hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. When Miguel Miralles came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Panama 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 Miguel Miralles couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 74th minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Fredrik Bennet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match Isidoro Sarmiento climbed in front of goal and pressed up 0-6 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Fredrik Bennet. With a little luck, Samurai's Fredrik Bennet got control of the ball when Abraham Alguacil tried to sneak it across the goal line. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fredrik Bennet having to interfere. 91 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Fredrik Bennet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With an all-out effort, Panama's Fredrik Bennet threw himself towards the right post 95 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tomas Berganza, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Panama played a much better game than Samurai and deserved their victory. The Samurai players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.