Challenge

Sternwiesn Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Berganza kicked off to start the match. Carlo Bergmann's late challenge caught a Panama's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlo Bergmann helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Panama booed when AC Mürztal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlo Bergmann didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ivan Becker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 6th minute of play. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Carlo Bergmann got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 7th minute. The score was now 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, AC Mürztal's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Ivan Becker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlo Bergmann in the 11th minute of the match. Carlo Bergmann had several of the Panama's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 14 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Marcos Cotilla as he didn't even see the shot coming. Ivan Becker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Panama booed when AC Mürztal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nico Jahnke didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Abraham Alguacil got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Carlo Bergmann came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the AC Mürztal fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Carlo Bergmann couldn't finish the play. In the 30th minute, Carlo Bergmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Jan-Benedikt Zöller tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Carlo Bergmann kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 3-0 in the 34 minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Konstantin Schmitzberger notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 40th minute, AC Mürztal's Konstantin Schmitzberger dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. Carlo Bergmann was shown his second yellow card after 47 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

AC Mürztal's Ivan Becker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save AC Mürztal from getting a goal against them. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ivan Becker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan-Benedikt Zöller went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Ivan Becker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. In the 73rd minute Konstantin Schmitzberger 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. After 75 minutes Panama's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Werner Meer who took care of the corner kick. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantin Schmitzberger in the 77th minute of play. With his leg Ivan Becker managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Panama's Abraham Alguacil fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jose Carita kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Felipe Ros charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felipe Ros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Panama! Werner Meer walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. 94 minutes in the game, Tomas Berganza fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ivan Becker having to interfere. The supporters of Panama booed when AC Mürztal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Justin Diebold didn't get a good kick on the ball.