Challenge

Zograf Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ferdinand Alzen started the match with the kick off. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogomil Kandov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bogomil Kandov in the 7th minute. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Vaklin Kortov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th match minute, Zograf FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaklin Lalovski to maneuver through the defense. Vaklin Kortov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 14th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yani Púrvov in the 16th minute. Yani Púrvov kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 22nd minute of play forced Zograf FC's goalkeeper Vaklin Kortov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Ferdinand Alzen sent off a good shot on target. Zograf FC's Vaklin Kortov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 29th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vaklin Kortov was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Abraham Alguacil took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vaklin Kortov. Vaklin Kortov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Zograf FC's Vaklin Kortov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 40th minute of play. Vaklin Kortov came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After the first half Panama were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Berganza to make the kick off. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. In the 55th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento 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: 1-4. Genko Velkushanov kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Vaklin Kortov was a little too slow when Isidoro Sarmiento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 1-5. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zograf FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. Aaron Barrios kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Abraham Alguacil took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Vaklin Kortov to make any attempt to save it. Zograf FC's Vaklin Kortov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Zograf FC from getting a goal against them. 78 minutes into the game, Isidoro Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Vaklin Kortov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Isidoro Sarmiento's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vaklin Kortov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 84thth minute of the game Isidoro Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zograf FC's Vaklin Kortov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tzeko Markov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Marcos Cotilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Berganza took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vaklin Kortov. Vaklin Kortov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-8. Vaklin Kortov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 96th minute of play. Panama's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.