Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Berganza took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the game, Angelino Miro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Marcos Cotilla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Coslada Juniors's goalkeeper Irinel Vărzaru, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 14th minute Felix Naranjo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Coslada Juniors's Telmo Elias got a free kick in the 17th minute. Anaya Urquijo hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Abraham Alguacil took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Irinel Vărzaru. Coslada Juniors's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 24 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Dylan Sarmiento. In the 29th minute of the match Panama got a corner. Coslada Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abraham Alguacil ran over to the corner to take the kick. Abraham Alguacil made a great header on Panama's corner, it was just that Coslada Juniors's Irinel Vărzaru managed to reach the ball for a save. Coslada Juniors's Irinel Vărzaru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute Adrian Ilie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Irinel Vărzaru stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Feijo Moreira in the 40th minute of play. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irinel Vărzaru having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Ros to maneuver through the defense. Angelino Miro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcos Cotilla. Panama's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irinel Vărzaru was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Uriel Saturnin tried in the 48th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Irinel Vărzaru a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Angelino Miro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Felipe Ros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Irinel Vărzaru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abraham Alguacil in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Irinel Vărzaru saved Coslada Juniors from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 60th minute of play forced Coslada Juniors's goalkeeper Irinel Vărzaru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irinel Vărzaru having to interfere. Irinel Vărzaru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dylan Sarmiento was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 71 minutes had been played. In the 72nd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dylan Sarmiento to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Ilie in the 76th minute of the match. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Abraham Alguacil hit a great ball. 82 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Naranjo came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Angelino Miro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Coslada Juniors's Irinel Vărzaru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 85th minute of play. Irinel Vărzaru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Berganza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Irinel Vărzaru read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Angelino Miro. In the 92nd minute, Angelino Miro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcos Cotilla. The goal made the score 1-2. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Naranjo in the 96th minute of the match.