Challenge

Relvado Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Facopo FBPA booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dylan Sarmiento didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th minute Cheng Ling Yang 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. 10 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dalmo Motta. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dalmo Motta in the 12th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Cheng Ling Yang kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 1-0 in the 17 minute of play. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhivko Húntev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Facopo FBPA's Zhivko Húntev managed to work through Panama's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Zhivko Húntev dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 28 minutes into the match, Cheng Ling Yang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cheng Ling Yang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhivko Húntev in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cheng Ling Yang. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvaldinho Moreno having to interfere. Panama's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Zhivko Húntev scored to the left of an out of position Marcos Cotilla, making the score, 3-0. Cheng Ling Yang recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 47 minutes into the game, Facopo FBPA's Zhivko Húntev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Cotilla made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zhivko Húntev to make the kick off. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hori Galli in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Cheng Ling Yang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheng Ling Yang in the 61st minute of play. The supporters of Panama booed when Facopo FBPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cheng Ling Yang didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Cheng Ling Yang 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 made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Facopo FBPA's Dalmo Motta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhivko Húntev in the 76th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Munhoz came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldinho Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Panama booed when Facopo FBPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xuaco Fias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cheng Ling Yang went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score.