Challenge

Anfeild Road
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Anfield Road's Karl-Axel Telin got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 16 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 Hannes Hedström. In the 20th minute, Brian Thorsberg made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 24th minute, Brian Thorsberg 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 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattias Snell in the 29th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 minutes, Aaron Alcocer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Anfield Road players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 30th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Alcocer to maneuver through the defense. Hubert Hammarbäck succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 32nd playminute. Adrian Wennerström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Adrian Wennerström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 35th minute of play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Abel Carballo hit a great ball. Brian Thorsberg was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 40th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Costa Rica were furious when Juan Rubio was red carded, 41 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 46th 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 Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mattias Snell to make the kick off. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hannes Hedström, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 54 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Hannes Hedström came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Anfield Road's Roger Abrahamsson. In the 59th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Alcocer to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Anfield Road's Karl-Axel Telin got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 69th minute, Brian Thorsberg made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. 75 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Brian Thorsberg came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute, Brian Thorsberg made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. The supporters of Anfield Road booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Axel Tasis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Hannes Hedström came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 92 minutes of play, Anfield Road's Mattias Snell made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anfield Road's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.