Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Panama booed when INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Lleir didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Arsenio Selmo made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, Panama's Dylan Sarmiento got a free kick in the 12th minute. 13 minutes into the game, Saturnino Jusepe was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Panama the free kick. In the 13th match minute, INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saturnino Jusepe to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 15th minute of play forced INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's goalkeeper Claude Lucien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Tomas Berganza 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: 1-1. After a rather tough play, INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's Aquilino Efraim got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claude Lucien having to interfere. Tomas Berganza blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Claude Lucien having to make a save. 31 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Aquilino Efraim came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's Gabriel Lleir got a free kick in the 37th minute. In the 38th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claude Lucien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's goalkeeper Claude Lucien, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruperto Garcia in the 41st minute of play. After some careless play in the INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN defense, Tomas Berganza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claude Lucien. The INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claude Lucien should have stopped the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aquilino Efraim was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruperto Garcia. In the 56th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cambeiro to maneuver through the defense. INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN made a substitution. Amadeo Llorian replaced Ruperto Garcia. After a rather tough play, Panama's Alex Cambeiro got a free kick in the 57th minute. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claude Lucien came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 65 minutes, Tomas Berganza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Berganza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Amadeo Llorian scored 2-2 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aquilino Efraim got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Claude Lucien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidoro Sarmiento to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Jusepe, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 88th minute Aquilino Efraim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 played minutes INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN got a freekick which was hit by Saturnino Jusepe. 93 minutes into the match, Amadeo Llorian notched a goal, 2-3, 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. The INTERNAZIONALE DE MILAN players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.