Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mădălin Bălan got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 3rd minute of play forced Purcaresti CSS's goalkeeper Paul Drăgan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Alex Cambeiro made a precise shot to the right of Paul Drăgan. Purcaresti CSS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Paul Drăgan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Tomas Berganza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Drăgan was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Paul Drăgan was out of position in the 16 minute of play, and Tomas Berganza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomas Berganza really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. When Panama's Tomas Berganza in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Purcaresti CSS's goalie prevented a goal. Paul Drăgan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Paul Drăgan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Paul Drăgan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 27th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Purcaresti CSS's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paul Drăgan came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Paul Drăgan came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomas Berganza slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 30th minute. In the 33rd minute, Isidoro Sarmiento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. In the 37th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Drăgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paul Drăgan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Panama's Tomas Berganza shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-0 in the ordered_time% minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 9-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Berganza to make the kick off. A throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game was made by Felipe Ros with Abraham Alguacil as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Purcaresti CSS's Paul Drăgan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 58th minute of play forced Purcaresti CSS's goalkeeper Paul Drăgan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Purcaresti CSS's Paul Drăgan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paul Drăgan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Panama's Tomas Berganza shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 11-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After 66 minutes, Tomas Berganza made it 12-0 with a short kick to the right side. Purcaresti CSS's Paul Drăgan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Matthew Garrido got a throw-in 74 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alex Cambeiro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 75th minute of play forced Purcaresti CSS's goalkeeper Paul Drăgan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paul Drăgan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Purcaresti CSS's Paul Drăgan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Ros in the 79th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Tomas Berganza put it in 14-0 from a short distance just to the right of Paul Drăgan. Paul Drăgan came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 15-0. In the 89th minute, Tomas Berganza got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The attack was good, but when Abraham Alguacil in the 89th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. 91 minutes into the game, Isidoro Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 16-0. Paul Drăgan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 95 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Drăgan. Purcaresti CSS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 17-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Panama had played much better football throughout.