Challenge

Salvatore Riina
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. A sloppy throw-in by Evandro Azeredo in the 4th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Panama's Alex Cambeiro. 6 minutes into the game, Panama's Abraham Alguacil nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leal Valido made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by 乔义竞 in the 10th minute. Leal Valido didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abraham Alguacil went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute, Gabi March hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leal Valido having to interfere. Leal Valido 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 27th minute. In the 29th minute, 乔义竞 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Evandro Azeredo hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Bebeto Aguiar hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Valido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 39 minutes of play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leal Valido was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 43rd minute of play forced LA COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Leal Valido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Serkan Günden in the 52nd minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Portugal came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Panama's Tomas Berganza dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. In the 66th minute, Serkan Günden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leal Valido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 68th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leal Valido. LA COSA NOSTRA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Felipe Ros hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Leal Valido came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. Leal Valido didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Sarmiento went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute, Tomas Berganza got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.