Challenge

Saliceto Panaro
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anthony Tonon kicked off to start the match. LEBEG Team's Arrigo Talone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 3rd minute of play. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthony Tonon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Anthony Tonon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Cotilla was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. A collision led to LEBEG Team getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Florian Di Paolo hit a great ball. Arrigo Talone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abraham Alguacil kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Arrigo Talone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 28th minute of play. Arrigo Talone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 29th minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 39th minute, Diego Mastrocola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 44 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Abraham Alguacil. 47 minutes into the match, LEBEG Team's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Cambeiro came free, but Arrigo Talone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Berganza to make the kick off. Alex Cambeiro's late challenge caught a LEBEG Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Cambeiro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cambeiro to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute, Alex Cambeiro 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. Abraham Alguacil scored 0-2 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arrigo Talone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 70th minute, Tomas Berganza fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Arrigo Talone, passed just outside the right post. In the 73rd minute, Miguel Miralles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panama's Alex Cambeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LEBEG Team's Arrigo Talone was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, LEBEG Team's Diego Mastrocola got a free kick in the 79th minute. Arrigo Talone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 81st minute of the match. After having played for 82 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Miralles in the 85th minute of play forced LEBEG Team's goalkeeper Arrigo Talone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. LEBEG Team's Arrigo Talone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 86th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felipe Ros during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of LEBEG Team booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felipe Ros didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The LEBEG Team fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Panama were clearly better and deserved to take the win.