Challenge

Lino Quinito
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Pastor Sagrario made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Elite Azulgrana's Romulo Jayvier seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Romulo Jayvier the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Elite Azulgrana protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Romulo Jayvier had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After a rather tough play, Elite Azulgrana's Romulo Jayvier got a free kick in the 4th minute. After 10 minutes of play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dionisio Ondino was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 14th 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. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Matos in the 17th minute of the match. Elite Azulgrana's Dionisio Ondino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 20th minute of play. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Pastor Sagrario tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Sagrario got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th minute of the match, Pastor Sagrario got a very nice opportunity to score, but Marcos Cotilla was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 35 played minutes Elite Azulgrana got a freekick which was hit by Vinicio Luzaide. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Elite Azulgrana's goalkeeper Dionisio Ondino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The corner led Panama's Abraham Alguacil to fire away a dangerous shot which Dionisio Ondino despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dionisio Ondino was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Pastor Sagrario sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Elite Azulgrana getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Cristian Clementi hit a great ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Berganza was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Panama booed when Elite Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Clementi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Matos in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Sagrario in the 57th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elite Azulgrana's Dionisio Ondino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Elite Azulgrana from getting a goal against them. In the 59th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Berganza to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Tomas Berganza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elite Azulgrana's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Isidoro Sarmiento scored to the left of an out of position Dionisio Ondino, making the score, 0-3. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Dionisio Ondino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 76 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Sagrario came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Panama's Alex Cambeiro got a free kick in the 76th minute. Mauro Matos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 77th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcos Cotilla. Panama's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 80th match minute, Elite Azulgrana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Clementi to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th match minute, Elite Azulgrana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Clementi to maneuver through the defense. Abraham Alguacil hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute Pastor Sagrario 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. Mauro Matos scored 1-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 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.