Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 3rd minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thibaud Van Lancker came out and tried to block the shot, but Isidoro Sarmiento slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. 7 minutes into the game, Alex Cambeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Thibaud Van Lancker was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Zero Gravity's Thibaud Van Lancker got control of the ball when Abraham Alguacil tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abraham Alguacil. Thibaud Van Lancker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 17th minute of the match. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 18th minute of play. After 21 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Berganza. In the 23rd minute, Isidoro Sarmiento reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thibaud Van Lancker. The goal made the score 4-0. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 27th minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Alex Cambeiro hit a great ball. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 36th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibaud Van Lancker was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Isidoro Sarmiento showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 39 minute of play. 43 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Thibaud Van Lancker. Tomas Berganza showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 7-0. When the match clock showed 46 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Tomas Berganza sped through Zero Gravity's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thibaud Van Lancker. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Dylan Sarmiento made in the 54th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Miguel Miralles. 56 minutes in the game Matthew Garrido did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Abraham Alguacil. Zero Gravity's attentive Jacq Van den Berghe managed to snatch the ball when Matthew Garrido made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 60th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Thibaud Van Lancker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Miralles, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd 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: 9-0. Felipe Ros charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felipe Ros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 66th minute. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthew Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thibaud Van Lancker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 70th minute of play. Thibaud Van Lancker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute Abraham Alguacil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaud Van Lancker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thibaud Van Lancker came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Abraham Alguacil. But to his dismay, Abraham Alguacil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. 79 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Sarmiento came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benoit Van Heurick, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Rein Demarrez's late challenge caught a Panama's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rein Demarrez helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd minute, Rein Demarrez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 86 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Cambeiro came free, but Thibaud Van Lancker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the game, Panama's Tomas Berganza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thibaud Van Lancker made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. In the 93rd minute, Tomas Berganza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thibaud Van Lancker was frozen by the shot and now it was 12-0. Thibaud Van Lancker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Panama had played much better football throughout.