Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ludomir Tamulewicz made the kick off which started today's match. Iwan Domalik hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Costa Rica 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 Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. Axel Tasis might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogumil Gacek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Tasis ran back to his position shaking his head. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norbert Bronder, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. DzYm Drink Team's Bogumil Gacek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Noboa in the 20th minute of play. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmund Adamowicz in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Aaron Alcocer made a precise shot to the right of Bogumil Gacek. DzYm Drink Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Eliseo Noboa charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eliseo Noboa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd minute Eliseo Noboa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogumil Gacek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute of the match Costa Rica got a corner. DzYm Drink Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Tasis ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Lautaro Puig managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 40th minute, Alexander Carballo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogumil Gacek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bogumil Gacek came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Puig slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Axel Tasis made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Tasis in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bogumil Gacek saved DzYm Drink Team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 55th minute of play forced DzYm Drink Team's goalkeeper Bogumil Gacek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogumil Gacek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. DzYm Drink Team's Bogumil Gacek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aaron Alcocer in the 60th minute of play. Eliseo Noboa might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogumil Gacek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Noboa ran back to his position shaking his head. Lautaro Puig recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Axel Tasis hit a great ball. Bogumil Gacek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 78th minute of play. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugon Zajac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 84th minute of play forced DzYm Drink Team's goalkeeper Bogumil Gacek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, DzYm Drink Team's Hugon Zajac got a free kick in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 87th minute of play forced DzYm Drink Team's goalkeeper Bogumil Gacek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 played minutes DzYm Drink Team got a freekick which was hit by Marek Cichewski. DzYm Drink Team's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.