Challenge

Socavon Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Axel Tasis kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Ksawery Furgal took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Abel Carballo got a free kick in the 14th minute. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ermengol Alberete in the 15th minute of play. Socavon FC were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after Costa Rica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fehmi Erdemer took the corner. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Ermengol Alberete 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. If Axel Tasis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Ksawery Furgal 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. 26 minutes into the match, Ksawery Furgal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ksawery Furgal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artal Baltanas in the 30th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Artal Baltanas got free with Benito Sanz in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 37 minutes into the match, Socavon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Alcocer came free, but Sindo Porregimon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artal Baltanas took the ball and in the 39 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 6-0. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Ermengol Alberete tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Socavon FC's Ksawery Furgal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 7-0 after 45 minutes of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Furgal in the 51st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Socavon FC booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Carballo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Ermengol Alberete notched a goal, 8-0, 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. In the 56th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Axel Tasis to maneuver through the defense. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artal Baltanas in the 57th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, Socavon FC's Ermengol Alberete 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, 9-0. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artal Baltanas in the 64th minute of play. After 65 minutes of play, Socavon FC's Ermengol Alberete made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Lautaro Puig fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Lautaro Puig a yellow card for diving instead. In the 70th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Puig to maneuver through the defense. Socavon FC's Bernaldo Maquibar was substituted for Marquez Dolarea. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ermengol Alberete in the 72nd minute of the match. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ermengol Alberete in the 74th minute of play. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ermengol Alberete went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Ermengol Alberete scored 12-0 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ermengol Alberete in the 93rd minute of play. Socavon FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.