Challenge

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edward Preston made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 4th minute. Egg Chasers FC's Patrick Toovey managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lautaro Puig in the 14 minute of the game. Eliseo Noboa took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dominic Beale. Dominic Beale dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Egg Chasers FC's Patrick Toovey. Dominic Beale didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Puig went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. Vinnie Jones received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Egg Chasers FC booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efrain Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute of the game Lautaro Puig made a throw-in which Alan Moruga played forward. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dominic Beale having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Axel Tasis made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Lautaro Puig 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 Egg Chasers FC the free kick. After 52 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Puig. After having played for 58 minutes, Ralf Morcom managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Egg Chasers FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ralf Morcom was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Egg Chasers FC's Patrick Toovey. 70 minutes into the match, Egg Chasers FC's Steve Knott sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 72 minutes, Efrain Moruga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Egg Chasers FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After having played for 75 minutes, Eliseo Noboa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Costa Rica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eliseo Noboa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 79th minute of the game Efrain Moruga made a throw-in which Eliseo Noboa played forward. In the 80th minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dominic Beale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 84 minutes, Abel Carballo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Egg Chasers FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Juan Rubio charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juan Rubio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patrick Toovey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle went the supporters of Costa Rica were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Egg Chasers FC side.