Challenge

Estadio Resistencia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Segundo Eliazar kicked off to start the match. Resistencia's Ruperto Raulo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Miguel Miralles in the 3 minute of the game. Resistencia's Ismael Johans quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Matthew Garrido, made in the 5th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Matthew Garrido in the 6th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Resistencia's Ismael Johans. Tomas Berganza succeeded in the game's 9th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. In the 15th minute, Tomas Berganza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Haroldo Frances showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 18th minute of the match. Haroldo Frances took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Haroldo Frances came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 27thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Resistencia's Haroldo Frances was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 28th minute, Tomas Berganza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldo Frances was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 0-6 became the score in the 32nd minute when Tomas Berganza elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, Resistencia's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Haroldo Frances reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Resistencia's Haroldo Frances. Haroldo Frances was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 42nd minute, Tomas Berganza made a precise shot to the right of Haroldo Frances. Resistencia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. After a rather tough play, Panama's Alex Cambeiro got a free kick in the 44th minute. After 47 minutes, Tomas Berganza made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. Resistencia's Haroldo Frances tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-9 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Haroldo Frances tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Berganza kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Haroldo Frances. That made the score 0-10 in the 54 minute of play. When Panama's Tomas Berganza in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Resistencia's goalie prevented a goal. Haroldo Frances stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. After 65 minutes of play, Panama's Abraham Alguacil made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haroldo Frances was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 69th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Frances saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Ros got free with Haroldo Frances in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 73 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Haroldo Frances. Tomas Berganza showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-12. 77 minutes into the match, Resistencia's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Haroldo Frances reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Resistencia's Haroldo Frances got control of the ball when Alex Cambeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Resistencia's Haroldo Frances played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 79th minute of play. Haroldo Frances made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Berganza in the 81st minute. 83 minutes into the game, Felipe Ros cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-13. Haroldo Frances was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 89th minute of play forced Resistencia's goalkeeper Haroldo Frances to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Tomas Berganza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Haroldo Frances. The goal made the score 0-15. Tomas Berganza was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 95th minute. Panama's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Panama's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.