Challenge

Pit of Bodom
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Panama's Tomas Berganza started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Sven-Edvin Ahlroth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. After 6 minutes, Cornel Cristoiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the English Fire and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dragoş Puric showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 8th minute of the match. Abraham Alguacil's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dragoş Puric read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. English Fire's Dragoş Puric played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 16th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Panama's Aaron Barrios got a free kick in the 26th minute. After recieving a nice pass, English Fire's Costică Nedelcu tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Edvin Ahlroth in the 30th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cazimir Ciulei went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monico Dragomir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Panama's Dylan Sarmiento got a free kick in the 36th minute. After 41 played minutes English Fire got a freekick which was hit by Costică Nedelcu. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monico Dragomir in the 45th minute of the match. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match.

In the 51st minute, Sven-Edvin Ahlroth 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 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monico Dragomir in the 56th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Cazimir Ciulei made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. 64 minutes into the game, English Fire's Sven-Edvin Ahlroth nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Cotilla made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. The supporters of Panama booed when English Fire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nae Hăvârneanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Ciulei in the 78th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Edvin Ahlroth in the 82nd minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nae Hăvârneanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nae Hăvârneanu in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nae Hăvârneanu in the 86th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86thth minute of the game Nae Hăvârneanu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Panama's Marcos Cotilla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Costică Nedelcu kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 6-0 became the score in the 92nd minute when Cazimir Ciulei elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. English Fire walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.