Challenge

Estadio Socoscora
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benjamin Schmelter started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 6thth minute of the game Isidoro Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Laferrere FC's Dave Quattrocchi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 7th match minute, Laferrere FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariano Jerardo to maneuver through the defense. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dave Quattrocchi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Berganza went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 19 minutes of play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dave Quattrocchi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dave Quattrocchi came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Abraham Alguacil. But to his dismay, Abraham Alguacil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The Laferrere FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Panama were winning 0-3.

The wind increased when Tomas Berganza made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Laferrere FC's Endura Maruca got a free kick in the 59th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Endura Maruca during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After recieving a nice pass, Panama's Abraham Alguacil tried to score from far away in the 64th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 66th minute Benjamin Schmelter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Panama's zone, Pascual Elorri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal and Pascual Elorri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pascual Elorri in the 74th minute of play. Dave Quattrocchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dave Quattrocchi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute of the match Panama got a corner. Laferrere FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abraham Alguacil ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Panama's Abraham Alguacil to fire away a dangerous shot which Dave Quattrocchi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Panama's Abraham Alguacil sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dave Quattrocchi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 87 minutes into the match, Pascual Elorri notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 90th minute, Endura Maruca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute, Endura Maruca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.