Challenge

Estadio Belloco 2006
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Miguel Miralles's late challenge caught a Belloco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miguel Miralles helped the player get up and apologised. After 14 played minutes Belloco got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Palos. Abraham Alguacil missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 16 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Mariano Galeno right hand side. Belloco's Mariano Galeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Miralles in the 17th minute of play. Mariano Galeno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 19th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Belloco's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Mariano Galeno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abraham Alguacil took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mariano Galeno. Mariano Galeno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 26th minute of play forced Belloco's goalkeeper Mariano Galeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Berganza took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mariano Galeno. Mariano Galeno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Abraham Alguacil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariano Galeno having to interfere. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Matthew Garrido hit a great ball. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Melquiades Sidoro in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Saverio Orlin made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Roque Astigar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belloco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roque Astigar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55th minute Saverio Orlin 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 56 minutes Panama's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Saverio Orlin who took care of the corner kick. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 62 played minutes Belloco got a freekick which was hit by Roque Astigar. In the 66th minute Saverio Orlin 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. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saverio Orlin, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Mariano Galeno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saverio Orlin took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 76th minute Isidoro Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariano Galeno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led Panama's Tomas Berganza to fire away a dangerous shot which Mariano Galeno despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Orlin in the 79th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Saverio Orlin put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Miguel Miralles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Mariano Galeno made a huge save. Domingos Bemabe hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 95th minute of play forced Belloco's goalkeeper Mariano Galeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.