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. Dominik Walczak started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Abraham Alguacil reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bernard Zajac. The goal made the score 1-0. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Bernard Zajac tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachary Zawadzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. When Dominik Walczak came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Gruszowiec 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 Dominik Walczak couldn't finish the play. Bernard Zajac stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. A collision led to Gruszowiec getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Eugeniusz Komanski hit a great ball. 37 minutes in the game, Tomas Berganza fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Bernard Zajac having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidoro Sarmiento got free with Bernard Zajac in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bernard Zajac took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Miralles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the game, Gruszowiec's Ludomir Grondzki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Cotilla made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Gruszowiec's zone, Abraham Alguacil stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernard Zajac came out of the goal and Abraham Alguacil tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 53rd minute of play forced Gruszowiec's goalkeeper Bernard Zajac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 55th minute of play forced Gruszowiec's goalkeeper Bernard Zajac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matthew Garrido's late challenge caught a Gruszowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matthew Garrido helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Gruszowiec booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthew Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominik Walczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After taking down the ball on Gruszowiec's corner Zachary Zawadzki fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcos Cotilla quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dominik Walczak got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 78th minute, Zachary Zawadzki 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. A throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game was made by Jose Carita with Miguel Miralles as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Isidoro Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dominik Walczak in the 96th minute of play.