Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Elivareo Monta got the match started through his kick off. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Eliseo Noboa charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eliseo Noboa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Abel Carballo in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C.S.D Punta Ballena's Leo Busvidad. Efrain Moruga made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C.S.D Punta Ballena's Leo Busvidad. Efrain Moruga made in the 16th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eliseo Noboa. Baudelio Valls hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Tasis in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Larra Briz saved C.S.D Punta Ballena from getting behind. Josu Garoña hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Juan Rubio got a throw-in 27 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alan Moruga. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 36th minute. Juan Rubio made in the 37th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C.S.D Punta Ballena's Miguel Vizcaya. Abel Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abel Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of C.S.D Punta Ballena booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Carballo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Lautaro Puig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larra Briz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baudelio Valls. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C.S.D Punta Ballena's Baudelio Valls. A throw-in in the 65th minute of the game was made by Hugo Ferrant with Lautaro Puig as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got his second yellow card of the match in the 66th minute. The referee ordered Eliseo Noboa off the ground. The supporters of C.S.D Punta Ballena booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Noboa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Onofre Masas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Ostadar Ruega might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ostadar Ruega ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 76th minute, Ostadar Ruega hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Axel Tasis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Larra Briz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute of the game Efrain Moruga made a throw-in which Aaron Alcocer played forward. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Larra Briz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Larra Briz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 88 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. Larra Briz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hugo Ferrant made in the 92nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Aaron Alcocer however managed to control. 95 minutes in the game, Axel Tasis dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. The Costa Rica players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.