Challenge

New Trafford
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Afonso Amado made the kick off and thus started the match. 5 minutes into the match, Desert Fury's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Alguacil came free, but Hernani Correia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Custódio Lando hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After 19 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Alex Cambeiro. Marcos Cotilla acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 20th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Hélio Manarte. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidoro Sarmiento in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hernani Correia saved Desert Fury from getting behind. In the 23rd minute, Ailton Flores hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hernani Correia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miguel Miralles went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 33rd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dylan Sarmiento to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Hernani Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Alex Cambeiro hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Isidoro Sarmiento hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 53 played minutes, Desert Fury's Nuno Ramos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Desert Fury reached it. Nuno Ramos scored 1-2 in the 61st 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. Nuno Dikaté charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Dikaté the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 67 played minutes Desert Fury got a freekick which was hit by Nuno Dikaté. Miguel Miralles blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hernani Correia having to make a save. Desert Fury's Pedro Maurito was substituted for Afonso Amado. 84 minutes in the game, Tomas Berganza fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Hernani Correia having to interfere. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Desert Fury's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hélio Manarte in the 96th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panama played a much better game than Desert Fury and deserved their victory. The Desert Fury players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.