Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Michalis Rorris kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 11 minutes, Hugo Ferrant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Living Dead players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hugo Ferrant hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Michalis Rorris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 18 minutes into the match, Eliseo Noboa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerasimos Kipouros. Living Dead's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eliseo Noboa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Fanis Thomiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Michalis Rorris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Axel Tasis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerasimos Kipouros having to interfere. Hugo Ferrant hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match.

Living Dead made a substitution. Akis Marinos replaced Michalis Rorris. Living Dead's Lazaros Papadamos was substituted for Güner Taşkınay. In the 59th minute, Abel Carballo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the game, Eliseo Noboa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Living Dead the free kick. After 61 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Noboa. Hugo Ferrant was shown his second yellow card after 65 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. It was beautiful to see Living Dead's Nikos Giotidis in action when he in the 67th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Akis Marinos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Eliseo Noboa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Benito Sanz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Living Dead's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Themos Kebakopoulos in the 80th minute. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lazaros Papadamos went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akis Marinos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.