Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luiz Guilherme de Almeida made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 played minutes sirince got a freekick which was hit by Damian Domala. The supporters of sirince booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Rubio didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Axel Tasis hit a great ball. In the 12th minute, Andrei Zbârnea 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 0-1. The supporters of sirince booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lautaro Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, sirince's Damian Domala got a free kick in the 29th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Axel Tasis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Axel Tasis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Denizhan Onatkan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Efrain Moruga hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Andrei Zbârnea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Andrei Zbârnea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Lautaro Puig blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Denizhan Onatkan having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Sezer Elmacıoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. sirince's supporters rose to their feet, but Sezer Elmacıoğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Axel Tasis made a kick off. Andrei Zbârneas short, quick shot in the 53rdth minute got Benito Sanz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 54 minutes Costa Rica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luiz Guilherme de Almeida who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Luiz Guilherme de Almeida almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz did a great save. 57 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Guilherme de Almeida came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Carballo to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute, Costa Rica's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Andrei Zbârnea fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Andrei Zbârnea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. sirince's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luiz Guilherme de Almeida in the 64th minute. Hugo Ferrant thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Benito Sanz, a very annoying self made goal in the 64th minute which led to 0-2. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 67th minute. When Costa Rica's Axel Tasis in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye sirince's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when sirince's Andrei Zbârnea fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in sirince's zone, Lautaro Puig stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Denizhan Onatkan came out of the goal and Lautaro Puig tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lautaro Puig during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when sirince was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Guilherme de Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 84th minute of the match Juan Rubio completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Juan Rubio a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 84 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Juan Rubio. Damian Domala charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damian Domala the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, sirince's Damian Domala got a free kick in the 96th minute. Axel Tasis didn't quite understand what happened when in the 98 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. sirince's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.