Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Zhu Ao Ying kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. Michel Preudhomme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 6th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhu Ao Ying in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhu Ao Ying in the 8th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Cauã Novaes made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Abraham Alguacil was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 16th minute. Panama's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 19 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Zhuang Kuan Nan came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Berganza in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Michel Preudhomme prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Miguel Miralles charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Miguel Miralles the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 24th minute, Miguel Miralles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Michel Preudhomme 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 26th minute. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cauã Novaes in the 28th minute of the match. Cauã Novaes struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Marcos Cotilla didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for quem me dá 1 milhão euros. After 37 minutes of play, quem me dá 1 milhão euros's Saden Merzouk made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Cotilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute, Dylan Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute of the match Zhuang Kuan Nan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcos Cotilla showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Saden Merzouk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 46 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Zhu Ao Ying sped through Panama's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Zhu Ao Ying made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhuang Kuan Nan got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cauã Novaes in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saden Merzouk in the 66th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Dylan Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Cauã Novaes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhu Ao Ying, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhu Ao Ying took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. 78 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zhu Ao Ying. After 81 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Berganza. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cauã Novaes got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Michel Preudhomme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Preudhomme having to interfere. After having played for 92 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. Zouheir Ouhaki hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the match was over quem me dá 1 milhão euros could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Panama throughout the match.