Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marz Cañete started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, Panama's 庞磊希 threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tomas Berganza, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marz Cañete in the 9th minute of play. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. 庞磊希 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Berganza in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 庞磊希 saved los terranos from getting behind. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by los terranos'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. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vasco Palenciano, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. 庞磊希 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A nice corner shot did that Elvio Gallarde got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcos Cotilla quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Panama's Miguel Miralles got a free kick in the 29th minute. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manoel Collantes in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute Ronaldo Bernaldo suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 33 minutes into the game, Felipe Ros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Panama's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave los terranos the free kick. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marz Cañete, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manoel Collantes, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for los terranos! After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. los terranos's 庞磊希 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 56th minute of play. 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 57th minute. 58 minutes into the match, los terranos's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Barrios came free, but 庞磊希 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Barrios in the 58th minute of play forced los terranos's goalkeeper 庞磊希 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 庞磊希 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 62nd minute. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marz Cañete, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 庞磊希 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 67th minute, Tomas Berganza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Panama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. los terranos's Mauro Churruca was substituted for Marz Cañete. 庞磊希 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matthew Garrido during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 78 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Panama! Aaron Barrios lost his temper 84 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 85th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Barrios to maneuver through the defense. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zornin Oviedo kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. Panama's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.