Challenge

Templo Sagrado
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bello Tajo got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute Bello Tajo 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. Diego Eterno's Modesto Santikurtz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Puig in the 10th minute of play. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Diego Eterno's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Tasis was slow to take the kick. During this time Costa Rica's players had a chance to rest. Bello Tajo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. After 16 minutes, Efrain Moruga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Diego Eterno players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 18 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Efrain Moruga. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 24th minute. 30 minutes into the game, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Modesto Santikurtz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. When Pang Xing Chen fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Diego Eterno's protests and gave Pang Xing Chen a yellow card for diving instead. After 34 played minutes Diego Eterno got a freekick which was hit by Pang Xing Chen. Modesto Santikurtz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Tasis went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Modesto Santikurtz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Bello Tajo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Tasis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Efrain Moruga was shown his second yellow card after 52 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Bello Tajo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bello Tajo's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. In the 65th minute, Wei Liang Qian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Modesto Santikurtz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bello Tajo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 81st minute. After 82 played minutes, Diego Eterno's Godofredo Oxel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benito Sanz 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 Diego Eterno reached it. Juan Rubio thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Benito Sanz, a very annoying self made goal in the 83rd minute which led to 3-2. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Modesto Santikurtz having to interfere. Lautaro Puig's late challenge caught a Diego Eterno'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. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Lautaro Puig hit a great ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Diego Eterno fully deserved thier win.