Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Pedro Cibran made the kick off and thus started the match. Danilo Mannuel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 5th minute of the match. With his leg Danilo Mannuel managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Costa Rica's Axel Tasis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bernardino Servando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Danilo Mannuel managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Costa Rica's Axel Tasis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Pedro Cibran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. Danilo Mannuel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseo Noboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliseo Noboa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danilo Mannuel having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Tasis got free with Danilo Mannuel in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 27 minutes into the game, Hugo Ferrant threw the ball into play from the sideline. StardustRevolution's Melchor Polo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Danilo Mannuel came out and tried to block the shot, but Eliseo Noboa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 30th minute. When Bernardino Servando fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored StardustRevolution's protests and gave Bernardino Servando a yellow card for diving instead. Bernardino Servando kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. With a little luck, StardustRevolution's Danilo Mannuel got control of the ball when Lautaro Puig tried to sneak it across the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Tasis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Danilo Mannuel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Noboa went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 54th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Noboa to maneuver through the defense. Nicanor Pueblo hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Cibran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan Rubio's late challenge caught a StardustRevolution's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Rubio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Rubio to maneuver through the defense. 68 minutes into the game, Axel Tasis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Danilo Mannuel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Costa Rica 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 Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Tasis in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Danilo Mannuel saved StardustRevolution from getting behind. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Cibran in the 83rd minute of play. Danilo Mannuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 93 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Juan Rubio. Costa Rica walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.