Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Murilo Stein got the match started through his kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Axel Tasis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto got control of the ball when Lautaro Puig tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alvi Verde's Daniel Cearense managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alexander Carballo in the 11 minute of the game. Eliseo Noboa made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Alvi Verde's Manoel Berger. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Puig got free with Duarte Couto in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Axel Tasis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Axel Tasis came up free with the goalie in the 23rd 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 Axel Tasis couldn't finish the play. 26 minutes into the game, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Duarte Couto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Duarte Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto got control of the ball when Axel Tasis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abel Carballo got a throw-in 33 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Eliseo Noboa. After a rather tough play, Alvi Verde's Basílio Mazza got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Duarte Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Axel Tasis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duarte Couto was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Axel Tasis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Duarte Couto made a huge save. In the 43rd minute of the game Efrain Moruga made a throw-in which Aaron Alcocer played forward. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 47th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Alvi Verde's Manoel Berger.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Axel Tasis made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Eliseo Noboa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Duarte Couto. Alvi Verde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eliseo Noboa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. When Costa Rica's Axel Tasis in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alvi Verde's goalie prevented a goal. 58 minutes in the game Abel Carballo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Eliseo Noboa. After having played for 60 minutes, Axel Tasis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Costa Rica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Axel Tasis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alvi Verde's Jânio Maia quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Juan Rubio, made in the 63rd minute of the game. Hugo Ferrant made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Alvi Verde's Daniel Cearense. When Daniel Cearense came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Alvi Verde 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 Daniel Cearense couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Alvi Verde's Jânio Maia got a free kick in the 68th minute. The throw-in from Juan Rubio in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Alvi Verde's Jânio Maia. 75 minutes into the game, Axel Tasis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Duarte Couto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A sloppy throw-in by Efrain Moruga in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Alvi Verde's Manoel Berger. 83 minutes into the game, Eliseo Noboa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Duarte Couto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Duarte Couto came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa. But to his dismay, Eliseo Noboa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Abel Carballo got a throw-in 93 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Aaron Alcocer. Duarte Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Puig, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Costa Rica had won after a very even match.