Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Dudek having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jerzy Dudek. Jerzy Dudek yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. If Alex Cambeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Matthew Garrido kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Lapadula came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute of the match Tobiasz Moryl sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcos Cotilla skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Tomas Berganza managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Berganza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerzy Dudek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 36th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Ros to maneuver through the defense. Abraham Alguacil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jerzy Dudek was a little too slow when Abraham Alguacil got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 45th minute Gianluca Lapadula 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. In the 48th 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. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When Matthew Garrido fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Panama's protests and gave Matthew Garrido a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Panama's Matthew Garrido got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 59 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Miguel Miralles. 69 minutes into the game, Panama's Tomas Berganza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jerzy Dudek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Jerzy Dudek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 78th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Marian Mondrowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marian Mondrowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 88 minutes into the match, Gianluca Lapadula notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute of the match KS Bukowe got a corner. Panama's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stanislao Kuparinen ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Stanislao Kuparinen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcos Cotilla quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Despite being the better team, Panama failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.