Challenge

Katedral das Kaldas
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique Júdice in the 7th 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 12th match minute, Spartak das Kaldas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Casado to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Pedro Meira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Pedro Meira's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 29thth minute, Benito Sanz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 31st minute Pedro Meira 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. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Spartak das Kaldas's Henrique Júdice fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. The long shot by Ademar Lima in the 37th minute really tested Benito Sanz's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Pedro Meira sent off a good shot on target. Aaron Alcocer's late challenge caught a Spartak das Kaldas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaron Alcocer helped the player get up and apologised. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Meira to make the kick off. Juan Rubio hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Juan Rubio hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Pedro Meira put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Sanz. After 61 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Alcocer. In the 63rd minute, Pedro Meira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Spartak das Kaldas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Meira in the 70th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 minutes, Alan Moruga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Spartak das Kaldas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 71st match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Moruga to maneuver through the defense. When Vítor Ramires came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Spartak das Kaldas 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 Vítor Ramires couldn't finish the play. In the 78th minute, Pedro Meira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Spartak das Kaldas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. The audience was convinced that Pedro Meira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. After 83 minutes, Alexander Carballo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Spartak das Kaldas players grew even worse after the yellow card. 84 minutes into the match, Spartak das Kaldas's Ademar Lima broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 87th minute of the match, Axel Tasis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Juliano Brito was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Spartak das Kaldas fully deserved thier win.