Challenge

Ricardo E. Bochini
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carmelo Iraitz got the match started through his kick off. Aaron Barrios kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paulino Brais during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 5 played minutes Ψ virgen Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Brais. The supporters of Panama booed when Ψ virgen Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. 陶帆夕 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute 陶帆夕 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. Aggelos Troglis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Ψ virgen Ψ's Aggelos Troglis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Carmelo Iraitz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Marcos Cotilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute, Stephan Alards hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Isidoro Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Tomas Berganza came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Panama 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 Tomas Berganza couldn't finish the play. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 30th minute, Carmelo Iraitz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Cotilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The supporters of Panama booed when Ψ virgen Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stephan Alards didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aggelos Troglis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. Antonio Sengrat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 41st minute of the match. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ψ virgen Ψ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Abraham Alguacil got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Antonio Sengrat quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Berganza made a kick off. When Tomas Berganza came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Panama 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 Tomas Berganza couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Ψ virgen Ψ booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Cambeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Ixaka in the 61st minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Ixaka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Ψ virgen Ψ's Aggelos Troglis got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 72 minutes, Wally Samuel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ψ virgen Ψ and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Berganza to maneuver through the defense. After 74 played minutes, Ψ virgen Ψ's Paulino Brais shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ψ virgen Ψ reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Ψ virgen Ψ's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antonio Sengrat came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 78th minute, Miguel Miralles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 81 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when 陶帆夕 came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aggelos Troglis in the 88th minute of the match. Antonio Sengrat 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 91st minute. Ψ virgen Ψ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.