Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Waldemar Walkowski started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Inter Miami's goalkeeper Olaf Brytka, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Panama's Aaron Barrios got a free kick in the 9th minute. Olaf Brytka 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 12th minute. Panama's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abraham Alguacil in the 13th minute. The corner ended in Abraham Alguacil almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Inter Miami's Olaf Brytka did a great save. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 17th minute of play forced Inter Miami's goalkeeper Olaf Brytka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Inter Miami's Olaf Brytka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 21st minute of play. After 22 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Alex Cambeiro. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Walkowski in the 27th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 minutes Panama's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ludomil Banas who took care of the corner kick. Inter Miami's Ludomil Banas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marcos Cotilla in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Zbigniew Gregorczyk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Cotilla was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Panama's Aaron Barrios got a free kick in the 37th minute. After 38 played minutes, Inter Miami's Ludomil Banas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Inter Miami reached it. In the 41st minute Waldemar Walkowski 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. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 44th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Berganza was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Miguel Miralles hit a great ball. Slawomir Tylinski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcos Cotilla. Panama's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ludomil Banas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcos Cotilla. Panama's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 64th minute of play forced Inter Miami's goalkeeper Olaf Brytka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Aaron Barrios hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Slawomir Tylinski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 68th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcos Cotilla. Panama's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Alex Cambeiro came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Panama 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 Alex Cambeiro couldn't finish the play. Olaf Brytka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. The supporters of Inter Miami booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Barrios didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute of the match Ludomil Banas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcos Cotilla skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Isidoro Sarmiento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Olaf Brytka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Waldemar Walkowski in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 92nd minute of play forced Inter Miami's goalkeeper Olaf Brytka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Panama were awarded a corner. Abraham Alguacil went to the cornerflag to take it. Panama were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.