Challenge

RW STADIUM
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) After a defensive mix-up in PANTHER BLUE's zone, Abraham Alguacil stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Benat came out of the goal and Abraham Alguacil tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 7 played minutes PANTHER BLUE got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Cambronero. In the 11th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Carita to maneuver through the defense. Roberto Benat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 15th minute of the match. The supporters of PANTHER BLUE booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthew Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Marcos Cotilla managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when PANTHER BLUE's Benedicto Quirze fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Roberto Benat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Gonzalo Garita dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcos Cotilla, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Miralles in the 25th minute of play forced PANTHER BLUE's goalkeeper Roberto Benat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PANTHER BLUE's Roberto Benat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 29th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Berganza in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Benat saved PANTHER BLUE from getting behind. Benedicto Quirze scored 2-0 in the 36th 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. In the 41st minute, Isidoro Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind PANTHER BLUE's goalkeeper Roberto Benat, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Gonzalo Garita got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 45th minute. The score was now 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Ion Gómez 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. Roberto Benat 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 52nd minute. Roberto Benat was a little too slow when Tomas Berganza got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 3-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Alguacil got free with Roberto Benat in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Eneto hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Roberto Benat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. PANTHER BLUE made a substitution. Gogo Lesardo replaced Benedicto Quirze. PANTHER BLUE's Alexander Cubero was substituted for Ramon Sanabria. After 72 played minutes PANTHER BLUE got a freekick which was hit by Gogo Lesardo. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gogo Lesardo in the 74th minute of the match. After 77 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Berganza. After 83 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Dylan Sarmiento. In the 91st minute, Gogo Lesardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PANTHER BLUE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Tomas Berganza hit a great ball. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gogo Lesardo in the 95th minute of play. 96 minutes had been played when some careless play by Panama's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leontin Gurlui was slow to take the kick. During this time PANTHER BLUE's players had a chance to rest. PANTHER BLUE's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.