Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Axel Tasis kicked off to start the match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud Nistelrooy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 4 minutes, Hugo Ferrant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Nea Salamis players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hugo Ferrant hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The supporters of Nea Salamis booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Alcocer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nea Salamis's Cafu Milan managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hugo Ferrant in the 8 minute of the game. 0-1 became the score in the 10th minute when Ruud Nistelrooy elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Lautaro Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Antonis Nikopolidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Tasis in the 16th minute. Nea Salamis's Cafu Milan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Ferrant, made in the 19th minute of the game. 20 minutes into the match, Pipo Inzaghi notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Nea Salamis's Pipo Inzaghi in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. In the 24th minute, Pipo Inzaghi made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Nea Salamis's attentive Everardo Abreu managed to snatch the ball when Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. 29 minutes into the match, Nea Salamis's Pipo Inzaghi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 30th match minute, Nea Salamis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Johan Fors to maneuver through the defense. After 31 played minutes, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis 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 Costa Rica reached it. Nea Salamis made a substitution. Luciano Gallet replaced Cafu Milan. In the 35th minute, Pipo Inzaghi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nea Salamis fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 38 minutes into the game, Hugo Ferrant threw the ball into play from the sideline. Nea Salamis's Luciano Gallet quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ruud Nistelrooy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pipo Inzaghi in the 52nd minute of the match. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nea Salamis's Pipo Inzaghi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Hugo Ferrant made in the 55th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nea Salamis's Luciano Gallet. 58 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Nistelrooy came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Nistelrooy, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Pipo Inzaghi took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Benito Sanz to make any attempt to save it. After 71 minutes of play, Nea Salamis's Ruud Nistelrooy made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 74th minute, Nea Salamis's Pipo Inzaghi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. Hugo Ferrant made in the 81st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nea Salamis's Luciano Gallet. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Pipo Inzaghi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Nea Salamis's Ruud Nistelrooy dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Pipo Inzaghi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a free kick in the 94th minute. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Ruud Nistelrooy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Pipo Inzaghi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-13 in the 97 minute of play.