Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rick Theisens got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tim Daelemans in the 7th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abraham Alguacil to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serge Spiljard in the 10th minute of play. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Daelemans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Tomas Berganza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gijs ter Averst. The goal made the score 2-0. Rick Theisens took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Gijs ter Averst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 32nd minute of play forced Revenge's goalkeeper Gijs ter Averst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gijs ter Averst having to interfere. In the 36th minute Serge Spiljard 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. A collision led to Revenge getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Martien Degenkamp hit a great ball. Gijs ter Averst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 40th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Revenge's Egbert Robbermond got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Revenge's goalkeeper Gijs ter Averst, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Revenge's Gijs ter Averst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Tomas Berganza made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Abraham Alguacil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Alex Cambeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Alex Cambeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gijs ter Averst breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gijs ter Averst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Miralles in the 62nd minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Revenge's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Gijs ter Averst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gijs ter Averst didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Berganza went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 71 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gijs ter Averst. Revenge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Gijs ter Averst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 75th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Berganza in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gijs ter Averst saved Revenge from getting behind. In the 78th match minute, Revenge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Egbert Robbermond to maneuver through the defense. After 78 played minutes, Panama's Abraham Alguacil shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gijs ter Averst 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 Panama reached it. Gijs ter Averst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the game, Egbert Robbermond was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Revenge's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Panama the free kick. Egbert Robbermond kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Tomas Berganza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 83 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Revenge's Gijs ter Averst. Gijs ter Averst was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gijs ter Averst came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Abraham Alguacil. But to his dismay, Abraham Alguacil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. In the 89th minute, Tomas Berganza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gijs ter Averst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gijs ter Averst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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. Panama fully deserved thier win.