Challenge

Juanfer Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Axel Tasis took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alejo Noe was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Elpidio Bazkoare stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Elpidio Bazkoare tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 11th minute of play forced Enzo FC's goalkeeper Alejo Noe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alejo Noe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 15th minute of play. Alejo Noe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Noboa went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 26th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciro Ferman. Hugo Ferrant made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Enzo FC's Narciso Domenec. After 37 minutes, Narciso Domenec mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Enzo FC and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 37 played minutes Enzo FC got a freekick which was hit by Narciso Domenec. Alejo Noe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elpidio Bazkoare was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Elpidio Bazkoare stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Elpidio Bazkoare tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Enzo FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Ciro Ferman hit a great ball. Hugo Ferrant made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Enzo FC's Narciso Domenec. Enzo FC's attentive Lino Iratxo managed to snatch the ball when Abel Carballo made a throw-in in the 63rd minute of the game. Ciro Ferman scored 1-2 in the 65th 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. Enzo FC's Alejo Noe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Enzo FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Axel Tasis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alejo Noe was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. In the 74th play minute Lautaro Puig came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alejo Noe. 1-3. 78 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Enzo FC's Marciano Shepherd quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Ciro Ferman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hugo Ferrant made in the 81st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aaron Alcocer. Alejo Noe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Tasis's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Bazkoare in the 86th minute of play. After some careless play in the Enzo FC defense, Lautaro Puig kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alejo Noe. The Enzo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alejo Noe should have stopped the shot.