Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Costa Rica's Axel Tasis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Herminio Luke was left in no man's land by his defense there! Axel Tasis struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Herminio Luke didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Costa Rica. Eliseo Noboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dunamis's Americo Costante quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lautaro Puig, made in the 13th minute of the game. A throw-in in the 15th minute of the game was made by Abel Carballo with Aaron Alcocer as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Herminio Luke was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Eliseo Noboa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eliseo Noboa really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Efrain Moruga made in the 24th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eliseo Noboa. After a defensive mix-up in Dunamis's zone, Lautaro Puig stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Herminio Luke came out of the goal and Lautaro Puig tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Efrain Moruga in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dunamis's Bonifacio Harriet. 33 minutes in the game Juan Rubio did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aaron Alcocer. 37 minutes in the game Abel Carballo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Eliseo Noboa. Juan Rubio made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Alan Moruga however managed to control. The throw-in from Eliseo Noboa in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dunamis's Bonifacio Harriet. 44 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dunamis's Bonifacio Harriet quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Efrain Moruga made in the 46th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alan Moruga.

The wind increased when Virgilio Arias made the kick off in the second half. Dunamis's Americo Costante managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lautaro Puig in the 53 minute of the game. Eliseo Noboa scored 3-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Herminio Luke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 57th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Dunamis's Americo Costante. Dunamis's Americo Costante managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hugo Ferrant in the 59 minute of the game. 61 minutes into the game, Efrain Moruga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dunamis's Bonifacio Harriet quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dunamis's Herminio Luke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Puig in the 64th minute of play. 67 minutes in the game Lautaro Puig did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hugo Ferrant. The throw-in from Eliseo Noboa in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dunamis's Bonifacio Harriet. Juan Rubio got a throw-in 70 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Aaron Alcocer. After 72nd play minutes Axel Tasis shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Herminio Luke and just under the crossbar into goal. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Herminio Luke having to interfere. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dunamis's Jimeno Garaile. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Herminio Luke having to interfere. If Eliseo Noboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 86 minutes in the game Alexander Carballo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aaron Alcocer. Juan Rubio made in the 89th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Aaron Alcocer however managed to control. In the 96th minute of the game Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in which Juan Rubio played forward. If Axel Tasis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Costa Rica had won after a very even match.