Challenge

Arena do Leão
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aldo Carmona got the match started through his kick off. Abraham Alguacil scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adalberto Guerreiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Álvaro Candeias charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Álvaro Candeias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Álvaro Candeias hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Sporting DoutroMundo's zone, Isidoro Sarmiento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adalberto Guerreiro came out of the goal and Isidoro Sarmiento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 16 minutes of play, Panama's Abraham Alguacil made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adalberto Guerreiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adalberto Guerreiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 19th minute of the match. After 21 minutes, Sebastião Carreira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting DoutroMundo and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sporting DoutroMundo's Sebastião Carreira got a free kick in the 21st minute. Tomas Berganza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adalberto Guerreiro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Adalberto Guerreiro. Sporting DoutroMundo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 31st minute, Jaime Nascimento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute of the match Abraham Alguacil sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adalberto Guerreiro skillfully saved the ball. Anselmo Tavares charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anselmo Tavares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 34th minute, Anselmo Tavares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panama's Oscar Laguna got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Anselmo Tavares was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 37 minutes had been played. After 37 played minutes Sporting DoutroMundo got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Tavares. Álvaro Candeias hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Álvaro Candeias came free with the goalkeeper in the 45th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcos Cotilla could save by the left post. Oscar Laguna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Berganza to strike the kick off in the second half. Adalberto Guerreiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 52nd minute of the match. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomas Berganza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abraham Alguacil hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute, Abraham Alguacil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 62 minutes into the game, Panama's Miguel Miralles nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adalberto Guerreiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Adalberto Guerreiro was a little too slow when Miguel Miralles got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-6. Oscar Laguna had several of the Sporting DoutroMundo's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 71 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 0-7 score and a disappointed Adalberto Guerreiro as he didn't even see the shot coming. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miguel Miralles in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adalberto Guerreiro saved Sporting DoutroMundo from getting behind. Adalberto Guerreiro didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 76th minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. Sporting DoutroMundo's Adalberto Guerreiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 83rd minute of play. Víktor Gyokov hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Oscar Laguna might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adalberto Guerreiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oscar Laguna ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 90th minute of play forced Sporting DoutroMundo's goalkeeper Adalberto Guerreiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Cambeiro hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Adalberto Guerreiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. When the match was over Panama could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sporting DoutroMundo throughout the match.