Challenge

Gerner Norstrand
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Naboonga OFF's Quentin Francis 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. In the 5th minute, Godfredo Cordarin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Naboonga OFF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With 10 minutes on the clock, Alexander Carballo commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Quentin Francis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Quentin Francis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benito Sanz came out and tried to block the shot, but Quentin Francis slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 13th minute. Damian Valente fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. If Godfredo Cordarin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. Quentin Francis in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Benito Sanz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Godfredo Cordarin hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Quentin Francis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Quentin Francis really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. Vladimiro Costante didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Noboa went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eliseo Noboa to make the kick off. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quentin Francis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 53 minutes into the game, Aaron Alcocer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Naboonga OFF the free kick. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Aaron Alcocer hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 55th minute. After having played for 57 minutes, Godfredo Cordarin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Naboonga OFF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Godfredo Cordarin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Lautaro Puig came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Costa Rica 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 Lautaro Puig couldn't finish the play. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quentin Francis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute, Jonatan Montes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Benito Sanz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Naboonga OFF's Quentin Francis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Quentin Francis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quentin Francis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quentin Francis took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-1. After 82 played minutes Naboonga OFF got a freekick which was hit by Salvador Peio. Lautaro Puig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimiro Costante having to interfere. Naboonga OFF's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.