Challenge

Estadio Nacional
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. 许文真 started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Aaron Alcocer made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 庞阳森 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Axel Tasiss short, quick shot in the 8thth minute got 庞阳森 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 刘磊城 kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 许文真 in the 12th minute of the match. 庞阳森 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 河南鹤壁11人代表队's 庞阳森 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Noboa in the 18th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, 河南鹤壁11人代表队's goalkeeper 庞阳森 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Tasis. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Lautaro Puig managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Puig was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 庞阳森 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that 许文真's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Abel Carballo hit a great ball. 31 minutes into the game, Axel Tasis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 河南鹤壁11人代表队 the free kick. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Axel Tasis hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, 许文真 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 河南鹤壁11人代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but 许文真 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 朱庭云 during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to 河南鹤壁11人代表队 getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. 朱庭云 hit a great ball. In the 40th minute, one of 河南鹤壁11人代表队:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 河南鹤壁11人代表队. The referee gave Costa Rica a penalty, 41 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Axel Tasis, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 河南鹤壁11人代表队's 庞阳森. 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Axel Tasis to strike the kick off in the second half. Aziz Vijiaratnam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eliseo Noboa might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 庞阳森. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Noboa ran back to his position shaking his head. Aziz Vijiaratnam could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. Aziz Vijiaratnam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 庞阳森 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aziz Vijiaratnam could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. When Juan Rubio fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Juan Rubio a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 70th minute, Costa Rica's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after 许文真 fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Lautaro Puig took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 庞阳森. 庞阳森 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 80th minute of play forced 河南鹤壁11人代表队's goalkeeper 庞阳森 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aziz Vijiaratnam in the 89th minute. 许文真 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. 庞阳森 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aziz Vijiaratnam blasted a shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Benito Sanz having to make a save. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Costa Rica fans cheered their team off the field, for while 河南鹤壁11人代表队 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.