Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Alan Moruga hit a great ball. After 4 played minutes, Dinamo Colorado's Dorian Gerber shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benito Sanz 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 Dinamo Colorado reached it. 5 minutes into the match, Dorian Gerber had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dorian Gerber was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Davi Lamonica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdo Veloso went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Davi Lamonica sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorian Gerber in the 13th minute of the match. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdo Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 19th minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ademar Vieira kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Dorian Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdo Veloso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdo Veloso went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Valdo Veloso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdo Veloso made a kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valdo Veloso in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benito Sanz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Valdo Veloso might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valdo Veloso ran back to his position shaking his head. If Davi Lamonica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valdo Veloso might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valdo Veloso ran back to his position shaking his head. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdo Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdo Veloso in the 71st minute of the match. The supporters of Dinamo Colorado booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lautaro Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dinamo Colorado's Fabinho Netto was substituted for Moisés de Azevedo. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Lautaro Puig hit a great ball. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. Dinamo Colorado made a substitution. Paulinho Guedes replaced Davi Lamonica. Hugo Ferrant hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Efrain Moruga during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Valdo Veloso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 84 minute of play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Abel Carballo hit a great ball. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdo Veloso in the 90th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Dinamo Colorado's Valdo Veloso slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 0-7 after 92 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Valdo Veloso kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 0-8 in the 96 minute of play. Dinamo Colorado's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.