Challenge

Tito Meazza
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. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Juniors FC defense, Abraham Alguacil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lucas Ixaka. The Juniors FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lucas Ixaka should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mathias Roganović during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Juniors FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Mathias Roganović hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 12th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Lucas Ixaka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Ixaka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthew Garrido, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucas Ixaka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 18th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Lucas Ixaka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento made a precise shot to the right of Lucas Ixaka. Juniors FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 21st minute of play. Lucas Ixaka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Miralles in the 23rd minute of the match. After 24 minutes of play, Panama's Abraham Alguacil made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Ixaka was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Ixaka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucas Ixaka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the game, Panama's Tomas Berganza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lucas Ixaka made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Lucas Ixaka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 32nd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka. Lucas Ixaka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Abraham Alguacil took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lucas Ixaka. Lucas Ixaka dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Lucas Ixaka didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Berganza went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jaime Cuartio was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Berganza kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lucas Ixaka. That made the score 0-9 in the 54 minute of play. Abraham Alguacil's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lucas Ixaka firmly grabbed it by the left post. Lucas Ixaka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Cambeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucas Ixaka. Juniors FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. In the 63rd minute of the match, Tomas Berganza tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lucas Ixaka saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 64 minutes in the game, Miguel Miralles dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After a rather tough play, Juniors FC's Hernan Torres got a free kick in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 75th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Lucas Ixaka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Abraham Alguacil made a precise shot to the right of Lucas Ixaka. Juniors FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. With an all-out effort, Panama's Lucas Ixaka threw himself towards the right post 79 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tomas Berganza, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka got control of the ball when Isidoro Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. A throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game was made by Matthew Garrido with Alex Cambeiro as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Lucas Ixaka made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Isidoro Sarmiento sent off a good shot on target. Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 86th minute of play. Lucas Ixaka made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matthew Garrido in the 90th minute. Matthew Garrido made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Juniors FC's Silverio Maju. With a little luck, Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka got control of the ball when Abraham Alguacil tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Isidoro Sarmiento kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lucas Ixaka. That made the score 0-12 in the 96 minute of play. Panama played a much better game than Juniors FC and deserved their victory. The Juniors FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.