Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. Stamatis Leontiou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 5th minute of play. Fanis Kapernekas kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. The goalkeeper, Stamatis Leontiou, was totally fooled by Panama's Abraham Alguacil, who 10 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Jose Carita made in the 13th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Alex Cambeiro however managed to control. After 14 minutes of play, Panama's Alex Cambeiro made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stamatis Leontiou was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 17th minute, Tomas Berganza 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. 19 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goalkeeper Stamatis Leontiou had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abraham Alguacil. In the 22nd minute, Panama's Tomas Berganza ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stamatis Leontiou. Stamatis Leontiou yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. After 26 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Miguel Miralles. Daniel Prodan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. Stamatis Leontiou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Sarmiento went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 32 minutes into the game, Alex Cambeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Stamatis Leontiou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 39th minute, Panama's Abraham Alguacil dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 7-0. Jose Carita made in the 44th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Berganza immediately put the ball in play. Stamatis Leontiou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Miralles, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Louis Makris made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Matthew Garrido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamatis Leontiou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 53 minutes, Fanis Kapernekas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RO Army V55 and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 53rd match minute, RO Army V55 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fanis Kapernekas to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Prodan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Stamatis Leontiou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamatis Leontiou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stamatis Leontiou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Cambeiro in the 66th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Alguacil came free, but Stamatis Leontiou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Cambeiro in the 70th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Stamatis Leontiou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Daniel Prodan came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the RO Army V55 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Daniel Prodan couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 76th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Stamatis Leontiou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stamatis Leontiou came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Miguel Miralles. But to his dismay, Miguel Miralles quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. Abraham Alguacil took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stamatis Leontiou. Stamatis Leontiou dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. Stamatis Leontiou 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 89th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stamatis Leontiou. RO Army V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0.