Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Augusto do Vale. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. In the 7th minute, Ulysses Travassos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lautaro Puig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Augusto do Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 15th minute of the match. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Tasis was slow to take the kick. During this time Costa Rica's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Puig got free with Pedro Augusto do Vale in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd minute, Lautaro Puig ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Augusto do Vale was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Axel Tasis succeeded in the game's 36th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. Juan Rubio made in the 42nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aaron Alcocer. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 47th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Ulysses Travassos. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

Eliseo Noboa kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After 53 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Augusto do Vale was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Axel Tasis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Augusto do Vale was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 61 minutes into the game, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Augusto do Vale made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Pedro Augusto do Vale stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Tasis's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Joel Couto managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hugo Ferrant in the 69 minute of the game. Juan Rubio made in the 75th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Alan Moruga immediately put the ball in play. In the 79th minute, Eliseo Noboa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Augusto do Vale was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Pedro Augusto do Vale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 83rd minute of play. If Aaron Alcocer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Puig to maneuver through the defense. After 92 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Axel Tasis. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Tasis in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Augusto do Vale saved ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC from getting behind. During the 97th minute of the match Lautaro Puig completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Lautaro Puig a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Lautaro Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Costa Rica's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.