Challenge

Juan Alberto García
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Federico Belarmo got the match started through his kick off. Benito Sanz didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 3rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. After 8 minutes of play, Chaco For Ever's Raul Eufrasio made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the game, Chaco For Ever's Raul Eufrasio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Federico Belarmo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Luiz Paulo Teles's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 25thth minute, Benito Sanz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 27th minute, Luiz Paulo Teles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chaco For Ever fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Federico Belarmo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Chaco For Ever's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Santo Arce in the 32nd minute. The audience was convinced that Federico Belarmo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Chaco For Ever's Luiz Paulo Teles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Santo Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Raul Eufrasio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Raul Eufrasio really showed his touch with that goal: 7-0. 41 minutes into the game, Federico Belarmo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Benito Sanz. Federico Belarmo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 8-0. In the 44th minute Tomás Goiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Chaco For Ever booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efrain Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball.

In the 55th minute, Tomás Goiz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chaco For Ever fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. After 57 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Puig. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Luiz Paulo Teles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Luiz Paulo Teles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Luiz Paulo Teles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Paulo Teles in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Luiz Paulo Teles cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Chaco For Ever's Luiz Paulo Teles shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 12-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 72 minutes into the game, Chaco For Ever's Federico Belarmo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Federico Belarmo in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benito Sanz saved Costa Rica from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Raul Eufrasio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chaco For Ever's supporters rose to their feet, but Raul Eufrasio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 77 minutes, Luiz Paulo Teles made it 14-0 with a short kick to the right side. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Belarmo, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. The audience was convinced that Federico Belarmo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 84th minute, Luiz Paulo Teles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chaco For Ever fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 15-0. 94 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Paulo Teles came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Chaco For Ever fully deserved thier win.