Challenge

CARDINAL STADIUM
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sandu Paraschivescu made the kick off which started today's match. Șerban Finteșteanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Șerban Finteșteanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th minute Abraham Alguacil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Șerban Finteșteanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Șerban Finteșteanu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Berganza went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Tomas Berganza struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Șerban Finteșteanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Panama. In the 13thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Șerban Finteșteanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sandu Paraschivescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Marcos Cotilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Matthew Garrido in the 18th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Nicolae Niculcea. Matthew Garrido made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Sandu Onciu. In the 24th minute, Jose Carita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Felipe Ros made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Nicolae Niculcea. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidoro Sarmiento in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Șerban Finteșteanu saved C Ａ R D I N Ａ L from getting behind. In the 29th minute, Tomas Berganza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Șerban Finteșteanu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 33 minutes in the game Jose Carita did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tomas Berganza. Tomas Berganza scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Șerban Finteșteanu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Matthew Garrido made in the 40th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alex Cambeiro. In the 41stth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Șerban Finteșteanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd minute, Panama's Alex Cambeiro dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Șerban Finteșteanu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tomas Berganza showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 66 minute of play. Tomas Berganza might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Șerban Finteșteanu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Berganza ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 70th play minute Abraham Alguacil came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Șerban Finteșteanu. 0-7. 74 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Șerban Finteșteanu. Șerban Finteșteanu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The throw-in from Jose Carita in the 78th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Nicolae Niculcea. In the 79th minute, Dylan Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Șerban Finteșteanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 89th minute of play. Șerban Finteșteanu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 90th minute. 93 minutes in the game Jose Carita did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Miguel Miralles. 96 minutes into the match, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Sarmiento came free, but Șerban Finteșteanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Panama'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.