Challenge

Asta Kaljuste
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Panama's Jose Carita got a free kick in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henk Poortmans. 7 minutes in the game, Tomas Berganza 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. In the 8th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Ros to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Arumäe in the 9th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elari Vellemäe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 11th minute of the match. Elari Vellemäe 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 13th minute. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen in the 15th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Henk Poortmans cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Marcos Cotilla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Nicko Kličko sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen in the 21st minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 2-0. Panama:s Marcos Cotilla showed great skill when he stopped Hannes Arumäe:s penalty. In the 27th minute, Hannes Arumäe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Cotilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 32 minutes into the match, Mulgimaa Kosilased's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Elari Vellemäe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 40 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Barrios. After 43 minutes of play, Mulgimaa Kosilased's Henk Poortmans made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Cotilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Greger Varghede fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mulgimaa Kosilased's protests and gave Greger Varghede a yellow card for diving instead. After 45 played minutes Mulgimaa Kosilased got a freekick which was hit by Greger Varghede. Valentino Mac Courtney'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. Valentino Mac Courtney helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mulgimaa Kosilased fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen made the kick off in the second half. Henk Poortmans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elari Vellemäe was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henk Poortmans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 63rd minute, Babhruvahana Von Bischhoffshausen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mulgimaa Kosilased fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henk Poortmans in the 70th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Mulgimaa Kosilased's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elari Vellemäe came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Elari Vellemäe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 73rd minute. When Nicko Kličko fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mulgimaa Kosilased's protests and gave Nicko Kličko a yellow card for diving instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 79th minute of play forced Mulgimaa Kosilased's goalkeeper Elari Vellemäe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 minutes Mulgimaa Kosilased's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Abraham Alguacil who took care of the corner kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Matthew Garrido advanced and headed the ball into goal, 5-2 in the 81st minute. In the 85th match minute, Mulgimaa Kosilased was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deivid Soll to maneuver through the defense. Elari Vellemäe made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Isidoro Sarmiento sent off a good shot on target. Elari Vellemäe made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Abraham Alguacil sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Henk Poortmans came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Greger Varghede was shown his second yellow card after 97 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 97th minute, Greger Varghede hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Mulgimaa Kosilased had won after a very even match.