Challenge

Arena espartana
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Marcus Batista started the match with the kick off. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Batista in the 11th minute. Isidoro Sarmiento took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kong Gang Zhan. Kong Gang Zhan 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. The supporters of Panama booed when Cremonese FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lino Valladares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kong Gang Zhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 15th minute of play. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kong Gang Zhan having to interfere. Marcus Batista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Marcos Cotilla made a huge save. In the 21st minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kong Gang Zhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Carita hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Felipe Branco from long distance, 26 minutes into the match, got Marcos Cotilla's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 35th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kong Gang Zhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 36 minutes Cremonese FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Abraham Alguacil who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Panama's Tomas Berganza to a score. 0-3 in the 37th minute. A collision led to Cremonese FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Yasar Bonnemain hit a great ball. In the 42ndth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cremonese FC's Kong Gang Zhan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Cremonese FC's Yasar Bonnemain slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 1-3 after 46 minutes of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredão Cosme in the 54th minute of play. Kong Gang Zhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 58th minute of play. Panama's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abraham Alguacil in the 59th minute. Kong Gang Zhan made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Isidoro Sarmiento sent off a good shot on target. Kong Gang Zhan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Batista in the 67th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 68 played minutes Cremonese FC got a freekick which was hit by Lino Valladares. Cremonese FC made a substitution. Dida Tróia replaced Luizinho Arce. Lino Valladares hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Chu Feng Sang hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. The supporters of Panama booed when Cremonese FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chu Feng Sang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Panama's Abraham Alguacil shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 74th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Kong Gang Zhan but with some difficulty. Tomas Berganza blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kong Gang Zhan having to make a save. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Yasar Bonnemain kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dida Tróia in the 82nd minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista. But to his dismay, Marcus Batista quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Kong Gang Zhan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 92nd minute of play forced Cremonese FC's goalkeeper Kong Gang Zhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.