Challenge

王子公园
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 江钢杰 got the match started through his kick off. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 吴磊寒, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when 江钢杰 sent off a good shot on target. 刘川宽 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aaron Alcocer's late challenge caught a 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC'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. After 8 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Alcocer. 江钢杰 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. In the 13th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Rubio to maneuver through the defense. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 孟坚渊, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexander Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Carballo to maneuver through the defense. 孟坚渊 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that 孟坚渊's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. 鲁榕义 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Tasis in the 25th minute of the match. After having played for 35 minutes, 江钢杰 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 江钢杰 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC's 刘川宽 got a free kick in the 36th minute. Eliseo Noboa took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 鲁榕义. 鲁榕义 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Tasis in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 鲁榕义 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孟坚渊 in the 43rd 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 46th minute, Axel Tasis made a precise shot to the right of 鲁榕义. 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

鲁榕义 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. 孟坚渊 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 鲁榕义 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aaron Alcocer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC's 刘川宽 got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 江钢杰 scored 2-2 in the 63rd 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Costa Rica's Axel Tasis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 鲁榕义. That made the score 2-3 after 66 minutes of play. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 孟坚渊 in the 71st minute of play. After having played for 73 minutes, 刘川宽 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 刘川宽 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 孟坚渊 in the 90th minute of play. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. 周寒珂 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 鲁榕义 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 94th minute of play. Although 【AC】Black Dragon-酒城2020FC had been in control for most of the match, Costa Rica still came away with the win.