Challenge

Jardim Maraponga
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Xacintu Magadan made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Maraponga FAC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Mané Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Osmundsen in the 6th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Cristiano Osmundsen took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marcos Cotilla to make any attempt to save it. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Osmundsen in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Cotilla prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Maraponga FAC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Jimmy Lind hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute, Tomas Berganza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 26 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Darren Verlet came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maraponga FAC's Mané Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 28th minute of play. The corner ended in Abraham Alguacil almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Maraponga FAC's Mané Andrade did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xacintu Magadan got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Xacintu Magadan got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 35th minute. The score was now 2-1. After a rather tough play, Panama's Miguel Miralles got a free kick in the 41st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 45th minute of play forced Maraponga FAC's goalkeeper Mané Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abraham Alguacil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Mané Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Berganza was the one to do the kick off. Mané Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 52nd minute. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Osmundsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xacintu Magadan in the 71st minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Panama's zone, Xacintu Magadan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal and Xacintu Magadan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Miguel Miralles kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darren Verlet in the 78th minute of the match. If Darren Verlet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mané Andrade having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Xacintu Magadan came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xacintu Magadan hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Bruno Fernandez hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Abraham Alguacil managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Abraham Alguacil was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mané Andrade breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 94th minute Xacintu Magadan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Osmundsen in the 96th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.