Challenge

El Santuario
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piara Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Piara Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 5 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 Piara Santo. When Piara Santo came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the StardustRevolution 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 Piara Santo couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Piara Santo in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benito Sanz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Piara Santo took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. 19 minutes into the game, Piara Santo lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Benito Sanz. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Piara Santo sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. In the 27th minute, Abel Carballo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Piara Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piara Santo in the 28th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salvador Rosalio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Benito Sanz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Salvador Rosalio took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piara Santo in the 38th 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 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Piara Santo in the 39th minute. Piara Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by StardustRevolution's Piara Santo. But to his dismay, Piara Santo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. When StardustRevolution's Piara Santo in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. When Juan Rubio fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Juan Rubio a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. 47 minutes into the game, StardustRevolution's Salvador Rosalio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Piara Santo made a kick off. In the 54th minute Piara Santo 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. In the 54th minute, Alan Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 55th minute of the match Flavius Ichim sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benito Sanz skillfully saved the ball. If Piara Santo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piara Santo in the 57th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Piara Santo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The StardustRevolution fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. StardustRevolution made a substitution. Arsenio Erico replaced Leon Huchro. StardustRevolution's Eduardo Vasco was substituted for Salvador Rosalio. StardustRevolution made a substitution. Oscar Santo replaced Piara Santo. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Santo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the game, Oscar Santo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 73rd minute, Oscar Santo 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 9-0. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Arsenio Erico 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. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Erico in the 84th minute of play. A collision led to StardustRevolution getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Rafael Transito hit a great ball. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. StardustRevolution were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after Costa Rica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Oscar Santo took the corner. The corner ended in Eduardo Vasco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz did a great save. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oscar Santo went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oscar Santo went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. 96 minutes into the match, Oscar Santo notched a goal, 13-0, 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. StardustRevolution walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.