Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eliseo Mano kicked off to start the match. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Mano in the 4th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Eliseo Mano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fajteri's supporters rose to their feet, but Eliseo Mano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Cotilla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 16th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostja Vertot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kostja Vertot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 18th minute of the match. Panama were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Fajteri's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abraham Alguacil took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Fajteri's goalie and right to Miguel Miralles. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Fajteri's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. If Eliseo Mano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Mano, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Štefan Saje kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Eliseo Mano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Cotilla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. A very nice done corner allowed Eliseo Mano to score against Marcos Cotilla in Panama's goal. 0-2 after 41 minutes.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Berganza to make the kick off. Eliseo Mano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Marcos Cotilla made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Isidoro Sarmiento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kostja Vertot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Fajteri getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Milisav Kovše hit a great ball. Armando Vogrinčič might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcos Cotilla. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armando Vogrinčič ran back to his position shaking his head. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by Panama's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thomas Filipović was slow to take the kick. During this time Fajteri's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Fajteri's corner Thomas Filipović fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcos Cotilla quite easily take care of the ball. Armando Vogrinčič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Armando Vogrinčič tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kostja Vertot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kostja Vertot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Berganza went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. When Ersan Šokčević fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fajteri's protests and gave Ersan Šokčević a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Isidoro Sarmiento. 90 minutes into the match, Armando Vogrinčič notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94th minute, Armando Vogrinčič reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcos Cotilla. The goal made the score 1-4. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Fajteri walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.