Challenge

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Berganza took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Panama's Dylan Sarmiento seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Dylan Sarmiento the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Panama protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Dylan Sarmiento had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Panama:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Zero Gravity:s goal. After 6 minutes of play, Panama's Tomas Berganza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Caetano was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Zero Gravity's Gabrijel Sandalj got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 22nd minute Miguel Miralles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Caetano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panama's defense didn't have a chance, in the 23rd minute, when Filiberto Bernebe scored to the left of an out of position Marcos Cotilla, making the score, 2-1. Januário Quinaz's late challenge caught a Panama's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Januário Quinaz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute, Januário Quinaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Isidoro Sarmiento recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 36th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Jorge Caetano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute, Felipe Ros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Filiberto Bernebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 39th minute of play forced Zero Gravity's goalkeeper Jorge Caetano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Panama were awarded a corner. Abraham Alguacil went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Jose Carita drilling the ball in to score 2-2 behind Zero Gravity's goalkeeper. Jorge Caetano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 45th minute of the match. A collision led to Zero Gravity getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ritchie Schepmans hit a great ball. In the 48th minute of the match Abraham Alguacil shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jorge Caetano showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wawrzyniec Iwanowski to strike the kick off in the second half. Miguel Miralles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Caetano having to interfere. Jorge Caetano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 54th minute. The Zero Gravity fans' excitement grew in the 56th match minute when Zero Gravity's Bob De Loose 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 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 63rd minute Wawrzyniec Iwanowski 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. 65 minutes in the game, Isidoro Sarmiento fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jorge Caetano having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Wawrzyniec Iwanowski came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidoro Sarmiento got free with Jorge Caetano in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isidoro Sarmientos short, quick shot in the 83rdth minute got Jorge Caetano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 86 minutes into the match, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Zero Gravity's Bob De Loose in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Panama's goalie prevented a goal. 91 minutes into the match, Isidoro Sarmiento dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jorge Caetano, 4-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot. Panama's supporters rose to their feet, but Isidoro Sarmiento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorge Caetano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.