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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Todd Griffiths got the match started through his kick off. Lautaro Puig's late challenge caught a Heavenly Hooters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lautaro Puig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Puig to maneuver through the defense. Benito Sanz was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Marty King. Costa Rica's defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when Phil Naylor scored to the left of an out of position Benito Sanz, making the score, 1-0. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Todd Griffiths sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 17th minute, Todd Griffiths made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 20th minute, Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. 26 minutes into the game, Todd Griffiths cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Alexander Carballo hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 31st minute of the match Ross Clark shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benito Sanz showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 36 minutes Costa Rica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marty King who took care of the corner kick. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Todd Griffiths 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. Brandon Wright recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Heavenly Hooters booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Noboa didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 51 played minutes, Heavenly Hooters's Ross Clark shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benito Sanz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Heavenly Hooters reached it. After 53 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Axel Tasis. After 55 minutes of play, Heavenly Hooters's Luo Feng Feng made it 6-0 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! In the 60th minute, Lautaro Puig left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Costa Rica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Puig got free with Lennie Rusby in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brandon Wright in the 65th minute of play. After 67th play minutes Todd Griffiths shot 7-1, a short shot which went by Benito Sanz and just under the crossbar into goal. Heavenly Hooters's Pedro Luiz de Moraes was substituted for Phil Naylor. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Todd Griffiths in the 78th minute of play. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Adrian Collier replaced Richárd Bódog. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 10-1 when Todd Griffiths sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luo Feng Feng in the 87th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, Heavenly Hooters's Todd Griffiths 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, 11-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Todd Griffiths in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benito Sanz saved Costa Rica from getting behind. When the referee ended the match the Heavenly Hooters players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.