Challenge

Arena Kombëtare
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Björn Ironside's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Kreshnik Nasti 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. In the 7th minute, Nikoll Merxho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 1-0. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when Autochthonous was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afrim Çela didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 13 minutes, Naim Bejzade mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Autochthonous and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Autochthonous was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naim Bejzade to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute, Autochthonous's Björn Ironside dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 22nd minute, Autochthonous's Björn Ironside dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. In the 34th match minute, Autochthonous was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naim Bejzade to maneuver through the defense. Axel Tasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Eliseo Noboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Autochthonous's Afrim Çela got a free kick in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a free kick in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Tasis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Sebino Kaçka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikoll Merxho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Björn Ironside in the 74th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 5-1 when Björn Ironside sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The supporters of Autochthonous booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Noboa didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Axel Tasis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Björn Ironside scored 7-1 in the 88th 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. There was no doubt that Autochthonous were the better team. Autochthonous's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.