Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Fabrizio Adriano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fabrizio Adriano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabrizio Adriano in the 4th minute of play. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Costa Rica! 9 minutes into the game, Bar Marconi United's Fabrizio Adriano 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, 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Davide Spadoni managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bar Marconi United's supporters rose to their feet, but Davide Spadoni was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Bar Marconi United's attentive Ettore Canzano managed to snatch the ball when Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in in the 18th minute of the game. In the 18th minute, Fabrizio Adriano made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. If Fabrizio Adriano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 23rd minute Fabrizio Adriano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 26th minute of the match Davide Spadoni sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benito Sanz skillfully saved the ball. In the 26th match minute, Bar Marconi United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrico Romanese to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, Fabrizio Adriano notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 32 minutes of play, Bar Marconi United's Fabrizio Adriano made it 0-6 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! Fabrizio Adriano might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fabrizio Adriano ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Fabrizio Adriano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Costa Rica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Davide Spadoni was slow to take the kick. During this time Bar Marconi United's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Bar Marconi United's corner Alisson Aleman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Benito Sanz quite easily take care of the ball. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. When Davide Spadoni came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Bar Marconi United 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 Davide Spadoni couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Alan Moruga hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Alexander Carballo hit a great ball. In the 60th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Alcocer to maneuver through the defense. Davide Spadoni took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrizio Adriano in the 63rd minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Fabrizio Adriano took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. Bar Marconi United made a substitution. Costin Alucai replaced Fabrizio Adriano. Costin Alucai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Enrico Romanese stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Enrico Romanese tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 73 minutes into the match, Costin Alucai 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 Costin Alucai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Costin Alucai in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Benito Sanz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 78 minutes Costa Rica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Davide Spadoni who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Davide Spadoni got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benito Sanz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Costin Alucai did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-9 to the left of a surprised Benito Sanz 79 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of Costa Rica:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bar Marconi United:s goal. The Bar Marconi United fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when Bar Marconi United's Costin Alucai looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-10 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Andrea Ranalli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. 98 minutes into the match, Costin Alucai dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Benito Sanz, 0-12. Bar Marconi United played a much better game than Costa Rica and deserved their victory. The Costa Rica players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.