Challenge

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dimitris Skondras made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Skondras. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Dimitris Skondras kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Axel Tasis hit a great ball. Dimitris Skondras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 18th minute Lv Hai Chong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Dimitris Skondras could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Benito Sanz however easily saved by the left post. In the 21st minute, Zinédine Papoutsiadis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 3-0. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Menios Tsirkos in the 25th minute of play. Zinédine Papoutsiadis succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 26th playminute. The crowd rose to their feet as MICE F.C.'s Lv Hai Chong slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 5-0 after 31 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, MICE F.C.'s Karel Vervoort got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After 38 minutes of play, MICE F.C.'s Lv Hai Chong made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Lv Hai Chong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lv Hai Chong got free with Benito Sanz in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Axel Tasis to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to MICE F.C. getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Isaltino Borges hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Skondras came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Skondras came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Lv Hai Chong notched a goal, 8-0, 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. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Skondras in the 63rd minute of the match. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Hai Chong in the 64th minute of play. Lv Hai Chong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Hugo Ferrant fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Hugo Ferrant a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. Dimitris Skondras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lv Hai Chong in the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Skondras in the 75th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Hai Chong, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. When Dimitris Skondras came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the MICE F.C. 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 Dimitris Skondras couldn't finish the play. The MICE F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 79th match minute when MICE F.C.'s Dimitris Skondras looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 82nd minute, Axel Tasis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MICE F.C.'s Iraklis Mortensøn was substituted for Isaltino Borges. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a free kick in the 83rd minute. The supporters of MICE F.C. booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Carballo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iraklis Mortensøn took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 90th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 91st minute, Dimitris Skondras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-0. When the referee ended the match the MICE F.C. players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.