Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Alexander Carballo hit a great ball. Hugo Ferrant hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 7th minute. Telmo Teixeira hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. When Lautaro Puig came up free with the goalie in the 16th 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. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvinho Macedo in the 18th minute of play. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Picles de Pepino's Zé Goiano. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvinho Macedo in the 25th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Aaron Alcocer got a free kick in the 29th minute. Lounès Bensaoula sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 33 minutes into the game, Eliseo Noboa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Picles de Pepino the free kick. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. When Picles de Pepino's Silvinho Macedo in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. Hamílton Leme's late challenge caught a Costa Rica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hamílton Leme helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Picles de Pepino's Hamílton Leme got a free kick in the 39th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Silvinho Macedo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Silvinho Macedo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Picles de Pepino's Silvinho Macedo got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Picles de Pepino were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvinho Macedo to make the kick off. Acácio Falcão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Puig, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 75 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 Silvinho Macedo. If Lounès Bensaoula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Silvinho Macedo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Silvinho Macedo really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvinho Macedo in the 84th minute of play. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Acácio Falcão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th match minute, Picles de Pepino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Telmo Teixeira to maneuver through the defense. Aaron Alcocer kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Silvinho Macedo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Benito Sanz having to make a save. Silvinho Macedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Benito Sanz was a little too slow when Silvinho Macedo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 0-5. Picles de Pepino's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.