Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vilhelm Lorden took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürsel Saltukalp in the 4th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Noboa kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After 6 minutes of play, GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden made it 0-1 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! Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürsel Saltukalp in the 8th minute of play. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vilhelm Lorden in the 10th minute of the match. In the 12th minute, Vilhelm Lorden left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GAÚCHO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vilhelm Lorden, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lautaro Puig's late challenge caught a GAÚCHO FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lautaro Puig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Prata in the 27th minute of play. GAÚCHO FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tiran Centers in the 28th minute. GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. Vilhelm Lorden sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 44 minutes into the game, GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Axel Tasis to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. Vilhelm Lorden struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GAÚCHO FC. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Vilhelm Lorden capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Vilhelm Lorden really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gürsel Saltukalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the game, GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. In the 64th minute, Marcus Prata got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gürsel Saltukalp kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Benito Sanz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vilhelm Lorden in the 73rd minute. 74 minutes into the game, GAÚCHO FC's Gürsel Saltukalp nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vilhelm Lorden went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. 81 minutes into the game, GAÚCHO FC's Vilhelm Lorden nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-11. 84 minutes into the match, Vilhelm Lorden dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Benito Sanz, 0-12. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 0-13 when Gürsel Saltukalp sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. After 92 minutes, Juan Rubio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the GAÚCHO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Gürsel Saltukalp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.