Challenge

Asta Kaljuste
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Mulgimaa Kosilased's Deivid Soll got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 12th minute, one of Mulgimaa Kosilased:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mulgimaa Kosilased. Elari Vellemäe had in the 14thth minute some difficulties stopping Abraham Alguacil's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elari Vellemäe. Mulgimaa Kosilased's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 22nd minute of play forced Mulgimaa Kosilased's goalkeeper Elari Vellemäe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elari Vellemäe. Mulgimaa Kosilased's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. When Tomas Berganza came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Panama 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 Tomas Berganza couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Marcos Cotilla to make any attempt to save it. Elari Vellemäe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 38th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Hannes Arumäe capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hannes Arumäe really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Elari Vellemäe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen to make the kick off. Henk Poortmans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 55 minutes of play, Mulgimaa Kosilased's Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Cotilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elari Vellemäe having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Abraham Alguacil took a quick shot and it went in 4-5 without a chance for Elari Vellemäe to make any attempt to save it. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elari Vellemäe having to interfere. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Henk Poortmans went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-5 was the resulting score. Elari Vellemäe was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tomas Berganza showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-6 in the 82 minute of play. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Henk Poortmans kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henk Poortmans in the 92nd minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henk Poortmans took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-6. Panama's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.