Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Berganza made the kick off which started today's match. Lucjan Gierlach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matthew Garrido hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 9th minute of the game. One of Panama:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Galaxy Team U18:s goal. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucjan Gierlach having to interfere. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. Przemyslaw Zahemski was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 16th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 24 played minutes Galaxy Team U18 got a freekick which was hit by Jacek Witek. Aureliusz Mietus kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucjan Gierlach 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 39th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gilbert Dabrowski during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Panama booed when Galaxy Team U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilbert Dabrowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matthew Garrido took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lucjan Gierlach. Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Furgat, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucjan Gierlach. Galaxy Team U18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leonard Furgat to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Panama booed when Galaxy Team U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fryderyk Wolicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Tomas Berganza came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Panama 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 Tomas Berganza couldn't finish the play. In the 56th minute, Leonard Furgat 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. After 60 minutes of play, Panama's Abraham Alguacil made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucjan Gierlach was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 63rd minute of the match, Tomas Berganza tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lucjan Gierlach saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Lucjan Gierlach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Panama's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abraham Alguacil in the 65th minute. Leonard Furgat'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. Leonard Furgat helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Galaxy Team U18's Leonard Furgat got a free kick in the 67th minute. Galaxy Team U18's Fryderyk Wolicki managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Matthew Garrido in the 69 minute of the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Galaxy Team U18:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Panama:s goal. When the match had been going on for 74 minutes, Panama's Abraham Alguacil got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lucjan Gierlach. Galaxy Team U18's Kazimierz Lichucki was substituted for Aureliusz Mietus. Lucjan Gierlach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Alex Cambeiro fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Panama's protests and gave Alex Cambeiro a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Panama fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 82nd minute. Penalty! 87 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucjan Gierlach. Galaxy Team U18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Damian Malewicki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galaxy Team U18's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Malewicki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Cotilla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kazimierz Lichucki went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. In the 101st minute, Kazimierz Lichucki 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 5-4. Panama's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.