Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Paulão Freire ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Cotilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dylan Sarmiento hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulão Freire, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Abraham Alguacil's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gerd Pollmann firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 19th minute, Panama's Tomas Berganza ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gerd Pollmann. Gerd Pollmann yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After 22 played minutes Panama's Abraham Alguacil stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Gerd Pollmann stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Militros F.C. of the goal. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulão Freire, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulão Freire in the 23rd minute of the match. Kaká Garcia kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Gerd Pollmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 31st minute Paulão Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Panama defense, Sandrinho Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cotilla. The Panama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cotilla should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Berganza to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Abraham Alguacil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerd Pollmann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wanderson Valencias short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Marcos Cotilla to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Wanderson Valencia did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Marcos Cotilla 59 minutes into the match. Sandrinho Cunha in the 67thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcos Cotilla, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A hard shot 69 in the game by Wanderson Valencia from a close distance when the talented Marcos Cotilla managed to make a qualified save. Panama's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sandrinho Cunha got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gerd Pollmann stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alex Cambeiro's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Wanderson Valencia sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Panama booed when Militros F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandrinho Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Militros F.C.'s Gerd Pollmann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 88th minute of play. In the 89th 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: 2-5. The Panama supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Militros F.C.'s performance. The match ended with a win for Militros F.C..