Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Axel Tasis kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the match, Alano Quintana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alano Quintana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Axel Tasis during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 9thth minute of the game Julio Barroso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alano Quintana in the 11th minute of play. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alano Quintana went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 16 minutes into the match, Abeluse Flow's goalkeeper Nacho Molina had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Puig. In the 18th minute Costa Rica were awarded a corner. Axel Tasis went to the cornerflag to take it. Costa Rica's Axel Tasis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nacho Molina in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Julio Barroso scored 0-3 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alano Quintana might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alano Quintana ran back to his position shaking his head. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Barroso in the 26th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Julio Barroso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Delgado in the 30th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Alano Quintana cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match clock showed 34 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Alano Quintana sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. Alan Moruga hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 38 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Alano Quintana came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Barroso in the 39th minute of play. Augustijn Rutten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alano Quintana in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Alano Quintana came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Abeluse Flow were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

51 minutes into the match, Abeluse Flow's Alano Quintana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 52 minutes, Abel Carballo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Abeluse Flow players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Julio Barroso let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 54th minute shot 0-6 at rihgt post. Benito Sanz was a little too slow when Julio Barroso got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-7. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Julio Barroso's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. In the 63rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Noboa to maneuver through the defense. Abeluse Flow's Arsenio Bide was substituted for Julio Barroso. Abeluse Flow's Jimeno Salazar was substituted for Hugo Carlomagno. In the 65th minute, Arsenio Bide reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 0-8. In the 70th minute, Abeluse Flow's Arsenio Bide 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. 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsenio Bide in the 74th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenio Bide received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benito Sanz came out and tried to block the shot, but Arsenio Bide slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, Abeluse Flow's Jan-Erik Vestberg got a free kick in the 79th minute. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arsenio Bide showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-11 in the 81 minute of play. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Costa Rica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arlo Fresnos was slow to take the kick. During this time Abeluse Flow's players had a chance to rest. Hugo Ferrant tried in the 85th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Benito Sanz a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-12. In the 93rd minute of the game Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in which Aaron Alcocer played forward. The Abeluse Flow fans' excitement grew in the 95th match minute when Abeluse Flow's Arsenio Bide looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-13 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The Costa Rica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Abeluse Flow were clearly better and deserved to take the win.