Challenge

Arena Ximbocú
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nuno Cardoso took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nuno Cardoso in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benito Sanz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Through an outstanding action, after 4 minutes, Benito Sanz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nuno Cardoso in the 6thth 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. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Berker Başhekim sent off a good shot on target. If Ezequiel Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ezequiel Pereira scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute, Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso 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. 3-0. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. After 33 minutes of play, Lobo Guará's Ezequiel Pereira made it 5-0 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! In the 37thth minute of the game Nuno Cardoso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Nuno Cardoso dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Benito Sanz, 6-0. 41 minutes into the game, Ezequiel Pereira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 44th minute, Glauco Tasso made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. 48 minutes into the match, Ezequiel Pereira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ezequiel Pereira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuno Cardoso in the 54th minute of play. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Nando Barbosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Alexander Carballo's late challenge caught a Lobo Guará's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexander Carballo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alexander Carballo got a free kick in the 59th minute. Nando Barbosa didn't quite understand what happened when in the 60 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Glauco Tasso during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Glauco Tasso kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Daniel Anaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Noboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 minutes of play, Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso made it 12-0 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 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nuno Cardoso went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Glauco Tasso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Glauco Tasso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ezequiel Pereira scored 14-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuno Cardoso in the 78th 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 came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso. But to his dismay, Nuno Cardoso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 15-0. The Lobo Guará fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes 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 17-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciro de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro de Moraes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 18-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 98 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 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. Lobo Guará fully deserved thier win.