Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. Patryk Leper's late challenge caught a Costa Rica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patryk Leper helped the player get up and apologised. Patryk Leper hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Jedrzej Cupial sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Efrain Moruga kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Ryszard Lichniak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Puig in the 15th minute. In the 18th minute of the game Juan Rubio made a throw-in which Aaron Alcocer played forward. Efrain Moruga made in the 20th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Eliseo Noboa immediately put the ball in play. After 22 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Ferrant. After 24 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Efrain Moruga. Rafal Ikalewicz struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rezurekcja Gomulin. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Ryszard Lichniak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th play minute Lautaro Puig came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ryszard Lichniak. 2-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Efrain Moruga during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Efrain Moruga kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Puig to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, Rezurekcja Gomulin's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Noboa came free, but Ryszard Lichniak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eliseo Noboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Axel Tasiss short, quick shot in the 48thth minute got Ryszard Lichniak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.

The wind increased when Rafal Ikalewicz made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Carballo to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute, Juliusz Dawiec 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. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Jedrzej Furtok stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Jedrzej Furtok tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 63rd minute Lautaro Puig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ryszard Lichniak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 69 in the game by Jedrzej Furtok from a close distance when the talented Benito Sanz managed to make a qualified save. Costa Rica's players were relieved. Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Axel Tasis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Costa Rica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Jedrzej Furtok could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ryszard Lichniak having to interfere. Patryk Leper sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rezurekcja Gomulin's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.