Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jason Seagrave got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Joseph Hubbard notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th minute, Axel Tasis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joseph Hubbard 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 Xaverius Xavier, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The audience was convinced that Joseph Hubbard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Jason Seagrave succeeded in the game's 19th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 22nd minute of play forced Hockley AFC's goalkeeper Fred Lineker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Eliseo Noboa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joseph Hubbard in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 29th minute. Fred Lineker made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Axel Tasis sent off a good shot on target. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joseph Hubbard, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Hubbard in the 39th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Xaverius Xavier made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 44th minute, Isaac Mead hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute, Axel Tasis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joseph Hubbard, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Joseph Hubbard scored 0-5 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Hockley AFC's zone, Eliseo Noboa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fred Lineker came out of the goal and Eliseo Noboa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 60 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Xaverius Xavier came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abel Carballo during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Abel Carballo hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Hockley AFC's Trevor Lyons shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 67th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Benito Sanz but with some difficulty. Joseph Hubbard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Joseph Hubbard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Jason Seagrave tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 81st minute Joseph Hubbard 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. The audience was convinced that Jason Seagrave's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 86th minute, Xaverius Xavier made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jason Seagrave, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Benito Sanz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jason Seagrave in the 91st minute. 92 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Xaverius Xavier came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Joseph Hubbard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. When the match was over Hockley AFC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Costa Rica throughout the match.