Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis made the kick off and thus started the match. If Zygmunt Lichniak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fabian Burowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Noboa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes of play, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Leonard Popowicz made it 0-1 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! Zygmunt Lichniak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Fabian Burowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save RW AHLEN-KNURÓW from getting a goal against them. A collision led to RW AHLEN-KNURÓW getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Stasio Klawke hit a great ball. In the 22ndth minute of the game Zygmunt Lichniak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zygmunt Lichniak took the ball and in the 24 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 0-2. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. When Leonard Popowicz came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the RW AHLEN-KNURÓW fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Leonard Popowicz couldn't finish the play. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Iwaszko in the 33rd minute of the match. When RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Roman Miskiewicz in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. Leonard Popowicz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Zygmunt Lichniak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Zygmunt Lichniak made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 57 minutes, Zygmunt Lichniak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zygmunt Lichniak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 61st minute Roman Miskiewicz 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. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Zygmunt Lichniak fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 65thth minute of the game Zygmunt Lichniak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Zygmunt Lichniak sent off a good shot on target. Stasio Klawke hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zygmunt Lichniak in the 81st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Axel Tasis during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Axel Tasis hit a great ball. Roman Miskiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. The Costa Rica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW were clearly better and deserved to take the win.