Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Axel Tasis hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After 9 minutes, Alexander Carballo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Henley Utd players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Alexander Carballo hit a great ball. Hannes Kjellqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasmus Mårtensson in the 12th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Richarlison de Andrade left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Henley Utd fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joakim Bergsten in the 17th minute of play. Richarlison de Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Kjellqvist in the 29th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Joakim Bergsten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joakim Bergsten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Tunström, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joakim Bergsten in the 37th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Joakim Bergsten came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rasmus Mårtensson went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The Costa Rica players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Henley Utd were winning 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Richarlison de Andrade made a kick off. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joakim Bergsten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute, Alan Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elmer Hodžić hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joakim Bergsten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st play minute Richarlison de Andrade came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Benito Sanz. 0-5. In the 65thth minute of the game Rasmus Mårtensson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 66 minutes into the game, Richard Tunström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Henley Utd's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Costa Rica the free kick. In the 66th minute, Richard Tunström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the match, Henley Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Puig came free, but Edvin Jonsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Bergsten in the 69th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Joakim Bergsten came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henley Utd were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after Costa Rica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hannes Kjellqvist took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Hannes Kjellqvist got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benito Sanz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joakim Bergsten in the 80th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richarlison de Andrade's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Benito Sanz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 86 minutes into the match, Richarlison de Andrade notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute, Rasmus Mårtensson made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. When the match was over Henley Utd could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Costa Rica throughout the match.