Challenge

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Berganza kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Fredrik Bennet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 0-2 became the score in the 6th minute when Tomas Berganza elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Fredrik Bennet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Sarmiento went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. A hard shot by Roger Kalfhage from long distance, 19 minutes into the match, got Marcos Cotilla's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Samurai's Fredrik Bennet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 21st minute of play. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Fredrik Bennet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samurai's Fredrik Bennet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 30th minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Panama's Tomas Berganza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fredrik Bennet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th 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. Fredrik Bennet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 40th minute, Olov Bäckström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. Fredrik Bennet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abraham Alguacil's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mattias Smefeldt made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Bäckström came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abraham Alguacil scored 2-5 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fredrik Bennet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Berganza in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fredrik Bennet saved Samurai from getting behind. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fredrik Bennet having to interfere. Fredrik Bennet 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 61st minute. After 65 minutes, Alex Cambeiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panama and the Samurai players grew even worse after the yellow card. Samurai's Joakim Dahlberg was substituted for Olov Bäckström. The supporters of Samurai booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Cambeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute Panama were awarded a corner. Abraham Alguacil went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Alex Cambeiro drilling the ball in to score 2-6 behind Samurai's goalkeeper. After having played for 72 minutes, Tomas Berganza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Berganza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Tomas Berganza took a quick shot and it went in 2-7 without a chance for Fredrik Bennet to make any attempt to save it. If Isidoro Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fredrik Bennet didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 81st minute, which inside left pole to 2-8. Miguel Miralles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Fredrik Bennet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henry Kjellkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Fredrik Bennet. Tomas Berganza showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-9. Joakim Dahlberg hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded Panama left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Samurai.