Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Axel Tasis made the kick off which started today's match. Pastor Sagrario took the ball and in the 3 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 0-1. The supporters of Elite Azulgrana booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lautaro Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pastor Sagrario went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the match, Elite Azulgrana's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Tasis came free, but Dionisio Ondino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 minutes of play, Elite Azulgrana's Mauro Matos made it 0-4 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! Aureliano Loramendi scored 0-5 in the 29th 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. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Elite Azulgrana's Pastor Sagrario shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. After 34 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Juan Rubio. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Elite Azulgrana's Pastor Sagrario. But to his dismay, Pastor Sagrario quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. The Elite Azulgrana fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when Elite Azulgrana's Pastor Sagrario looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The Costa Rica players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Elite Azulgrana were winning 0-8.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pastor Sagrario made a kick off. In the 51st minute of the match, Pastor Sagrario got a very nice opportunity to score, but Benito Sanz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Sagrario got free with Benito Sanz in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Elite Azulgrana booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alan Moruga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mauro Matos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Mauro Matos tried to sneak it across the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Pastor Sagrario 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 Pastor Sagrario was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Loramendi in the 64th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilberto Cristos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliano Loramendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the game, Pastor Sagrario recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Benito Sanz. Pastor Sagrario showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-10. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Pastor Sagrario took a quick shot and it went in 0-11 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Loramendi, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Pastor Sagrario could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Benito Sanz however easily saved by the left post. In the 93rd minute Pastor Sagrario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Costa Rica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Elite Azulgrana were clearly better and deserved to take the win.