Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Axel Tasis got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theo Tauhid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute, M. Ramdhan Sianturi made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sahala Maranatha, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Sahala Maranatha took the ball and in the 15 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. When Trisna Durahman came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the RED SHARK FC 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 Trisna Durahman couldn't finish the play. In the 21st minute Sahala Maranatha 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. If Sahala Maranatha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trisna Durahman in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sahala Maranatha in the 30th 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 31st match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Alcocer to maneuver through the defense. Axel Tasis hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sahala Maranatha in the 40th minute of the match. In the 41st minute Sahala Maranatha 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. After 41 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Alcocer. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sahala Maranatha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Costa Rica players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. RED SHARK FC were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sahala Maranatha to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Sahala Maranatha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Sahala Maranatha succeeded in the game's 60th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. 63 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sahala Maranatha. An unexpectedly hard shot by M. Ramdhan Sianturi in the 67th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alan Moruga's late challenge caught a RED SHARK FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Moruga helped the player get up and apologised. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sahala Maranatha in the 70th 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. Lautaro Puig hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Sahala Maranatha who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 73rdth minute tested the skills of Benito Sanz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. During the 76th minute of the match Aaron Alcocer completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Aaron Alcocer a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 77th minute, Aaron Alcocer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the match, Sahala Maranatha notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sahala Maranatha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from M. Ramdhan Sianturi in the 84th minute of play. Erland Eklund hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Eliseo Noboa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Theo Tauhid having to make a save. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sahala Maranatha went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. RED SHARK FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.