Challenge

ESTADIO LIBERTADORES
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute of the match, Garth Burrell tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcos Cotilla saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Garth Burrell quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Abraham Alguacil, made in the 6th minute of the game. In the 11th minute Kazimierz Traczewski 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. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garth Burrell in the 13th minute of the match. A well done corner resulted in Song Qian Wei drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Panama's goalkeeper. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kazimierz Traczewski in the 19th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akakios Kountouratzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. Baykan Erincer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 22nd minute of play. In the 25th minute, Akakios Kountouratzis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panama's Abraham Alguacil got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alex Cambeiro hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After 44 minutes of play, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Garth Burrell made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Cotilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Kazimierz Traczewski made the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Erik Huang shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO reached it. Baykan Erincer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. When Panama's Tomas Berganza in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's goalie prevented a goal. In the 58th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Barrios to maneuver through the defense. Garth Burrell recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 61st minute of play forced DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's goalkeeper Baykan Erincer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th match minute, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kazimierz Traczewski to maneuver through the defense. Garth Burrell scored 3-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO made a substitution. Khairil Swee replaced Joey Tribbiani. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Akakios Kountouratzis got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rod West in the 77th minute of play. Isidoro Sarmiento recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akakios Kountouratzis in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes, Abraham Alguacil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panama and the DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kazimierz Traczewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Rod West came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Akakios Kountouratzis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.