Challenge

Benjamín Lio Stadio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Berganza got the match started through his kick off. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casimiro Osorio in the 4th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Benemy FC's Santos Tiso ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Alex Cambeiro hit a great ball. A hard shot by Casimiro Osorio from long distance, 15 minutes into the match, got Marcos Cotilla's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Leszek Barniszke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 16th minute of play. A collision led to Benemy FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Elvio Iraitz hit a great ball. Tomas Berganza took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leszek Barniszke. Leszek Barniszke dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. When Santos Tiso came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Benemy FC 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 Santos Tiso couldn't finish the play. In the 37thth minute of the game Abraham Alguacil who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Benemy FC's Leszek Barniszke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Panama's Aaron Barrios got a free kick in the 38th minute. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Osorio in the 38th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Tiso in the 41st minute of play. In the 44th minute Abraham Alguacil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leszek Barniszke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teodoro Castulo got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teodoro Castulo to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Gonzalo Santio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teodoro Castulo in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcos Cotilla saved Panama from getting behind. Benemy FC's Leszek Barniszke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 57th minute of play. Benemy FC made a substitution. Victorio Firmo replaced Santos Tiso. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. A throw-in in the 69th minute of the game was made by Jose Carita with Dylan Sarmiento as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The Benemy FC fans' excitement grew in the 70th match minute when Benemy FC's Teodoro Castulo 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 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Evelio Firmo scored 3-2 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 94th minute Victorio Firmo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benemy FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.