Challenge

Uspallata
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hernan Lehen got the match started through his kick off. The throw-in from Matthew Garrido in the 3rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nippur de Lagash 2's Sergio Dantae. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Nippur de Lagash 2's Israel Oliviero. But to his dismay, Israel Oliviero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 9th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Tito Chayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Sergio Dantae hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 15 minutes, Tomas Berganza made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Matthew Garrido threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nippur de Lagash 2's Benjamin Navarro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Israel Oliviero in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute of the match Nippur de Lagash 2 got a corner. Panama's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Israel Oliviero ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Casimiro Cordarell kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 3-1 in the 25 minute of play. Tito Chayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Berganza to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Nippur de Lagash 2's Hernan Lehen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 4-1 after 38 minutes of play. Tito Chayo 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 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Berganza to strike the kick off in the second half. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Lehen, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 55th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abraham Alguacil to maneuver through the defense. Nippur de Lagash 2's Casimiro Cordarell got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Reynaldo De Mitri charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reynaldo De Mitri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 59 minutes into the game, one of Nippur de Lagash 2:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Tito Chayo, was totally fooled by Panama's Abraham Alguacil, who 60 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Hernan Lehen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nippur de Lagash 2's supporters rose to their feet, but Hernan Lehen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Cotilla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nippur de Lagash 2's attentive Benjamin Navarro managed to snatch the ball when Matthew Garrido made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Matthew Garrido hit a great ball. In the 74th minute Hernan Lehen 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. If Hernan Lehen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Israel Oliviero, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 95thth minute of the game Casimiro Cordarell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Panama's Marcos Cotilla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 97th minute Casimiro Cordarell 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Nippur de Lagash 2 had won after a very even match.