Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wawrzyniec Iwanowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Januário Quinaz's late challenge caught a Costa Rica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Januário Quinaz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Januário Quinaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filiberto Bernebe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Jorge Caetano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Tasis. In the 11th minute, Gabrijel Sandalj hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski 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 Wawrzyniec Iwanowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mikolaj Ratulowski struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zero Gravity. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 22nd minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Filiberto Bernebe hit a great ball. After 29 minutes, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 31 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Filip Tzenov. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 35th minute of play. Filiberto Bernebe took the ball and in the 38 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 0-3. In the 40th minute, Aaron Alcocer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The wind increased when Axel Tasis made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Filiberto Bernebe reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zero Gravity's supporters rose to their feet, but Wawrzyniec Iwanowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Ratulowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Filiberto Bernebe in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benito Sanz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, Zero Gravity's Wawrzyniec Iwanowski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Sanz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 89th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Mikolaj Ratulowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Gravity fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. When the final whistle sounded Zero Gravity left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Costa Rica.