Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. German Ourente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Angel Ramond hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abraham Alguacil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abraham Alguacil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but German Ourente made a huge save. German Ourente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Miralles in the 15th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Daniel Balesio 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. In the 25th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of German Ourente. The goal made the score 1-0. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Criston in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Rafaela FC's German Ourente. German Ourente was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. German Ourente didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abraham Alguacil went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. German Ourente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 42nd minute of the match. A collision led to Rafaela FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Nicasio Oliviero hit a great ball. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anibal Bonifaco made a kick off. Rafaela FC's German Ourente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 54th minute of play. German Ourente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute, Dylan Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. German Ourente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. German Ourente 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 64th minute. Abraham Alguacil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. German Ourente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Abraham Alguacil came up free with the goalie in the 72nd 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 Abraham Alguacil couldn't finish the play. Isidoro Sarmiento took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised German Ourente. German Ourente dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Abraham Alguacil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. German Ourente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil in the 81st minute of play. Eusebio Criston kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without German Ourente having to interfere. Tomas Berganza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but German Ourente read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. There was no doubt that Panama were the better team. Panama's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.