Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) If Joost Baatenburg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 5 played minutes 四川炁 got a freekick which was hit by Boris Josefsson. Lautaro Puig could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Arkadiusz Moizuk made a huge save. If Joost Baatenburg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 20 minutes of play, 四川炁's Joost Baatenburg made it 0-1 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! Joost Baatenburg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alan Moruga charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alan Moruga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 四川炁 made a substitution. 郭政坤 replaced 方坚斐. After 28 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Alan Moruga. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 石国庭 in the 30th minute of play. 33 minutes into the game, 四川炁's Joost Baatenburg 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, 0-2. A collision led to 四川炁 getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. 柯海弘 hit a great ball. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joost Baatenburg, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Joost Baatenburg came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Joost Baatenburg came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joost Baatenburg in the 46th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Noboa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkadiusz Moizuk having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Axel Tasis to strike the kick off in the second half. Axel Tasis kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Efrain Moruga to maneuver through the defense. After 55 minutes of play, 四川炁's Joost Baatenburg made it 0-3 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! Joost Baatenburg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by 四川炁's Boris Josefsson. After having played for 63 minutes, 石国庭 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 四川炁's supporters crossed their fingers, but 石国庭 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 65 minutes into the game, Joost Baatenburg recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Benito Sanz. Joost Baatenburg showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. In the 68th minute, Axel Tasis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joost Baatenburg had several of the Costa Rica's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 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 0-5 score and a disappointed Benito Sanz as he didn't even see the shot coming. Joost Baatenburg might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joost Baatenburg ran back to his position shaking his head. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joost Baatenburg in the 86th minute of play. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Joost Baatenburg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Joost Baatenburg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. 四川炁's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.