Challenge

Falkenhide Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Panama's Tomas Berganza started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Panama's Abraham Alguacil got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 4 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mattia Perin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the game, Olívio de Moraes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Falkenhide F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Panama the free kick. In the 12th minute, Olívio de Moraes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Stefan Ström fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Falkenhide F.C's protests and gave Stefan Ström a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Falkenhide F.C's Stefan Ström got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 15 played minutes Falkenhide F.C got a freekick which was hit by Clarence Seedorf. In the 16th match minute, Falkenhide F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ireno Sturmheit to maneuver through the defense. 1-1 became the score in the 18th minute when Ireno Sturmheit elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 22nd minute of the match, Clarence Seedorf tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcos Cotilla saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Felipe Ros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mattia Perin having to interfere. Mattia Perin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 30th minute of the match. Mattia Perin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. When Stefan Ström was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 40 minutes had been played. Abraham Alguacil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mattia Perin having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ireno Sturmheit stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mattia Perin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Carita hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Mattia Perin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 58th minute. With a little luck, Falkenhide F.C's Mattia Perin got control of the ball when Abraham Alguacil tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Clarence Seedorf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 65 minutes into the match, Falkenhide F.C's Ireno Sturmheit sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Cotilla narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Falkenhide F.C's Torge Sporer was substituted for Olívio de Moraes. After a rather tough play, Falkenhide F.C's Clarence Seedorf got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Michael Schumacher charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Michael Schumacher the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 77 minutes into the game, one of Falkenhide F.C:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Panama a penalty, 78 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Abraham Alguacil, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Falkenhide F.C's Mattia Perin. 1-2. Tomas Berganza might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mattia Perin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Berganza ran back to his position shaking his head. 85 minutes into the game, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mattia Perin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. 89 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Mattia Perin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Panama played a much better game than Falkenhide F.C and deserved their victory. The Falkenhide F.C players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.