Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Costa Rica's Axel Tasis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mostafa Muhammed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mostafa Muhammed, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Alexander Carballo hit a great ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mostafa Muhammed in the 6th minute of play. MOEBIO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aitor Tuga in the 7th minute. After 13th play minutes Mostafa Muhammed shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Benito Sanz and just under the crossbar into goal. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mostafa Muhammed, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mostafa Muhammed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 19 minutes into the match, MOEBIO's Mostafa Muhammed sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Mostafa Muhammed left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MOEBIO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Mostafa Muhammed scored 0-3 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute, Mostafa Muhammed 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 0-4. 31 minutes into the match, Mostafa Muhammed notched a goal, 0-5, 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. 35 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Mostafa Muhammed came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MOEBIO's Mostafa Muhammed shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-7 in the ordered_time% minute. The supporters of MOEBIO booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efrain Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Mostafa Muhammed came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the MOEBIO 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 Mostafa Muhammed couldn't finish the play. The supporters of MOEBIO booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efrain Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The crowd rose to their feet as Mostafa Muhammed kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 0-9 in the 55 minute of play. MOEBIO made a substitution. Vuk Urgovski replaced Mostafa Muhammed. MOEBIO made a substitution. Federico Girotti replaced Cesar Dalmai. If Aitor Tuga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vuk Urgovski's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hao Fan Chuan in the 69th minute of play. Hao Fan Chuan struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MOEBIO. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hao Fan Chuan in the 73rd minute of play. In the 74th minute, Vuk Urgovski made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. In the 77th minute, MOEBIO's Hao Fan Chuan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-12. 83 minutes into the match, Vuk Urgovski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Benito Sanz, 0-13. 86 minutes into the match, Vuk Urgovski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Benito Sanz, 0-14. Federico Girotti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 92nd minute by Aitor Tuga got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Benito Sanz was a little too slow when Vuk Urgovski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 0-15.