Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Costa Rica's Axel Tasis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Afloarei in the 4th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu in the 5th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Said in the 10th minute of play. Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dragoş Afloarei went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 16 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when John Said came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the game, John Said cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 23rd minute Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu 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. John Said hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute John Said 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. After 29 minutes of play, Filfla United's Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu 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! If John Said had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Dragoş Afloarei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. 0-5 became the score in the 41st minute when John Said elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell John Said to make the kick off. John Said scored 0-6 in the 51st 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. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 秦朗强 in the 57th minute of the match. John Said received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 秦朗强 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. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but John Said showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 62 minute of play. Ivar Ekegren hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 0-9 in the 75 minute of play. In the 78th minute, Filfla United's John Said ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-10. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and 秦朗强 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 秦朗强 really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. In the 92nd minute 秦朗强 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. Filfla United played a much better game than Costa Rica and deserved their victory. The Costa Rica players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.