Challenge

Tito Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Berganza made the kick off and thus started the match. Octavio Fidele 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 3rd minute. Octavio Fidele 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 7th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octavio Fidele. Juniors FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Berganza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of Juniors FC booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthew Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 16 minutes of play, Panama's Tomas Berganza made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavio Fidele was left in no man's land by his defense there! Octavio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 20th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hernan Torres during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 20 played minutes Juniors FC got a freekick which was hit by Hernan Torres. 22 minutes into the game, Isidoro Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Octavio Fidele was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Octavio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Miralles in the 25th minute of play. In the 29th minute Isidoro Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavio Fidele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Octavio Fidele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 minutes of play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavio Fidele was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 34th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Octavio Fidele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Octavio Fidele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Sarmiento went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Octavio Fidele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. A throw-in in the 46th minute of the game was made by Jose Carita with Miguel Miralles as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Humberto Lange to make the kick off. Octavio Fidele was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tomas Berganza showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 51 minute of play. Juniors FC's Octavio Fidele proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Juniors FC from getting a goal against them. In the 59th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. 62 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Octavio Fidele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute of the match, Abraham Alguacil got a very nice opportunity to score, but Octavio Fidele was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Octavio Fidele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Miralles came free, but Octavio Fidele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Octavio Fidele came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomas Berganza slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 68th minute. After some careless play in the Juniors FC defense, Tomas Berganza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Octavio Fidele. The Juniors FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Octavio Fidele should have stopped the shot. Octavio Fidele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Octavio Fidele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Bastian San Juan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes in the game Jose Carita did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dylan Sarmiento. Abraham Alguacil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Octavio Fidele made a huge save. In the 88th minute, Tomas Berganza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Octavio Fidele. The goal made the score 0-12. The crowd rose to their feet as Panama's Miguel Miralles slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Octavio Fidele. That made the score 0-13 after 93 minutes of play. Panama played a much better game than Juniors FC and deserved their victory. The Juniors FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.