Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ionel Martinaș started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Valeriu Floricel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Valeriu Floricel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute of the match, Axel Tasis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Valeriu Floricel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 19 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Ferrant. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Valeriu Floricel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Puig struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Valeriu Floricel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Costa Rica. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Paralia Athens's Iordache Ţugui. If Lautaro Puig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valeriu Floricel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Noboa, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After 45 minutes Paralia Athens's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Axel Tasis who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Axel Tasis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Valeriu Floricel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Valeriu Floricel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Axel Tasis made a kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Eliseo Noboa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Valeriu Floricel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Valeriu Floricel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gelu Beșliu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 78th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Paralia Athens's Iordache Ţugui. Efrain Moruga made in the 79th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Eliseo Noboa immediately put the ball in play. In the 83rd minute, Petre Maghiran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.