Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miguel Ramirez took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Miguel Ramirez 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. When Miguel Ramirez came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the LACELESTEYBLANCA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Miguel Ramirez couldn't finish the play. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Ramirez in the 14th minute of play. Miguel Ramirez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Ramirez, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 17thth minute of the game Miguel Ramirez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Miguel Ramirez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Miguel Ramirez put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Sanz. When Lautaro Puig came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Puig couldn't finish the play. Melquiades Belo hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loco Faso, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute Miguel Ramirez 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 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loco Faso, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miguel Ramirez's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Alexander Carballo hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sixto Gomez in the 37th minute of play. LACELESTEYBLANCA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sixto Gomez in the 38th minute. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Ramirez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When LACELESTEYBLANCA's Miguel Ramirez in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Loco Faso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 48th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Miguel Ramirez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Loco Faso could shoot a difficult shot in the 56th minute, which Benito Sanz however easily saved by the left post. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Efrain Moruga hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 67th minute by Inocencio Columbo got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 73rdth minute of the game Miguel Ramirez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. LACELESTEYBLANCA's Miguel Ramirez got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Loco Faso sent off a good shot on target. Miguel Ramirez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Miguel Ramirez in the 85th 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. Miguel Ramirez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Ramirez in the 86th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Loco Faso. If Miguel Ramirez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sixto Gomez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. When the match was over LACELESTEYBLANCA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Costa Rica throughout the match.