Challenge

ARENA LPMZ
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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. 3 minutes into the game, Panama's Tomas Berganza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Daniel Nóbrega made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Lupere FC - DMZ's Ricardo Goiano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Felipe Ros, made in the 6th minute of the game. 8 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Nóbrega. Lupere FC - DMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Berganza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Daniel Nóbrega didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Sarmiento went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Lupere FC - DMZ's Jorginho Madureira got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lupere FC - DMZ's Daniel Nóbrega played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 23rd minute of play forced Lupere FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Daniel Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Nóbrega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 25th minute of play. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Valdo Mazza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Nóbrega came out of the goal in the 30th 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 0-4. In the 41st minute, Miguel Miralles 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: 1-5. Daniel Nóbrega 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 48th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valdo Mazza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Panama's Miguel Miralles slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniel Nóbrega. That made the score 1-6 after 56 minutes of play. Tomas Berganza was extremely unlucky when he, in the 64th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 66 minutes into the match, Lupere FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Daniel Nóbrega had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alex Cambeiro. Jorginho Madureira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. Lupere FC - DMZ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 73rd minute, when Abraham Alguacil scored to the left of an out of position Daniel Nóbrega, making the score, 1-7. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Alguacil got free with Daniel Nóbrega in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Nóbrega made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 81st minute. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Daniel Nóbrega tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valdo Mazza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 89 played minutes Lupere FC - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Matías Fontes. In the 90th minute, Abraham Alguacil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Carita got a throw-in 92 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Miguel Miralles. Daniel Nóbrega was a little too slow when Miguel Miralles got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 1-8. Panama played a much better game than Lupere FC - DMZ and deserved their victory. The Lupere FC - DMZ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.