Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off. Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Amelinium Gdynia's Wit Chwalkiewicz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Panama were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Amelinium Gdynia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abraham Alguacil took the corner. After taking down the ball on Panama's corner Abraham Alguacil fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wit Chwalkiewicz quite easily take care of the ball. Wit Chwalkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dylan Sarmiento in the 9th minute of play. With a little luck, Amelinium Gdynia's Wit Chwalkiewicz got control of the ball when Tomas Berganza tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Amelinium Gdynia defense, Isidoro Sarmiento kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wit Chwalkiewicz. The Amelinium Gdynia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wit Chwalkiewicz should have stopped the shot. Abraham Alguacil might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wit Chwalkiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abraham Alguacil ran back to his position shaking his head. Abraham Alguacil scored 2-0 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wit Chwalkiewicz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 33 minutes into the match, Marcin Byczewski notched a goal, 2-1, 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 40th minute of play forced Amelinium Gdynia's goalkeeper Wit Chwalkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Cambeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Wit Chwalkiewicz made a huge save. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by Amelinium Gdynia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Panama's Miguel Miralles to a score. 3-1 in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stefan Tomaka to strike the kick off in the second half. If Abraham Alguacil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iwo Lanczak kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Amelinium Gdynia defense, Isidoro Sarmiento kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wit Chwalkiewicz. The Amelinium Gdynia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wit Chwalkiewicz should have stopped the shot. During the 71st minute of the match Wojciech Fedosz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Wojciech Fedosz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Marcin Byczewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Cotilla having to interfere. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boguslaw Burdalski in the 78th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the game, Florian Tomporowski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Amelinium Gdynia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Panama the free kick. After 79 played minutes Amelinium Gdynia got a freekick which was hit by Florian Tomporowski. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Berganza in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wit Chwalkiewicz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Isidoro Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 87th minute of play forced Amelinium Gdynia's goalkeeper Wit Chwalkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 88 minutes, Rafal Chmielecki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Amelinium Gdynia and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wit Chwalkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Iwo Lanczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. For all the effort they put into the match, the Amelinium Gdynia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Panama.