Challenge

Ständutkraft Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Holger Delin started the match with the kick off. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Stancho Chapanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stancho Chapanov. Hög Svans Föring's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When Panama's Tomas Berganza in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hög Svans Föring's goalie prevented a goal. Leif Abrahamsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. In the 24th match minute, Hög Svans Föring was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kurt Ivarsson to maneuver through the defense. Hög Svans Föring's Stancho Chapanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 27th minute of play. Kurt Ivarsson hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stancho Chapanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Duset, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stancho Chapanov having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 42nd minute of play forced Hög Svans Föring's goalkeeper Stancho Chapanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Berganza struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Stancho Chapanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Panama. Stancho Chapanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Cambeiro in the 45th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Berganza was the one to do the kick off. Stancho Chapanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 54th minute of play. Hög Svans Föring's Stancho Chapanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 57th minute of play. After 57 minutes of play, Panama's Tomas Berganza made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stancho Chapanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpected shot in the 65th minute by Tomas Berganza got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Hög Svans Föring's Stancho Chapanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Hög Svans Föring from getting a goal against them. Stancho Chapanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Hög Svans Föring's Holger Delin. But to his dismay, Holger Delin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 83 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. Stancho Chapanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 84th minute of play. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento suffered a concussion after 90 minutes and had to leave the field. A collision led to Hög Svans Föring getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Leif Abrahamsson hit a great ball. 94 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stancho Chapanov. Tomas Berganza showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. Panama's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.