Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Augusto Ipar kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Amado Argi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C A U and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, C A U's Amado Argi got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Lauro. Benito Lauro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Miralles in the 12th minute of play forced C A U's goalkeeper Benito Lauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Lauro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Miralles in the 12th minute of the match. Abraham Alguacil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 17th minute, Tomas Berganza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Lauro. The goal made the score 2-0. C A U's Benito Lauro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save C A U from getting a goal against them. Benito Lauro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 25th minute of play. Abraham Alguacil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Benito Lauro made a huge save. The supporters of C A U booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Barrios didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 33 played minutes Tomas Berganza rounded C A U's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Benito Lauro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 47th minute of the match Panama got a corner. C A U's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abraham Alguacil ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Tomas Berganza got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benito Lauro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 48 played minutes C A U got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Paz. An unexpected shot in the 48th minute by Abraham Alguacil got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

53 minutes into the match, C A U's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Benito Lauro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in C A U's zone, Isidoro Sarmiento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Lauro came out of the goal and Isidoro Sarmiento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romulo Roderigo charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Romulo Roderigo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Panama booed when C A U was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romulo Roderigo didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Isidoro Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C A U's Benito Lauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 62nd minute of play. When Panama's Tomas Berganza in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C A U's goalie prevented a goal. Benito Lauro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 66th minute of play. 5-0 became the score in the 67th minute when Tomas Berganza elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Abraham Alguacil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. In the 77th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dylan Sarmiento to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes C A U got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Paz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 81st minute of play forced C A U's goalkeeper Benito Lauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C A U's Benito Lauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by C A U's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of C A U's goalie and right to Dylan Sarmiento. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. C A U's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Santiago Beremundo kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Rick Harrison kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Abraham Alguacil managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Abraham Alguacil was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Lauro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. C A U's Benito Lauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Miralles in the 97th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Panama had played much better football throughout.