Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Axel Tasis took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Ekber Merdan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by The Huns's Daniel Ţîrlea. But to his dismay, Daniel Ţîrlea quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The throw-in from Hugo Ferrant in the 8th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by The Huns's George Ghionea. In the 9th minute, Ekber Merdan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 12th minute, Ekber Merdan made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 16th minute, Lautaro Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Ekber Merdan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Vintilă Murgu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 19th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Ekber Merdan notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Costa Rica's Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 29 minutes into the game, one of Costa Rica:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the game, The Huns's Daniel Ţîrlea nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. When Ekber Merdan came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the The Huns 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 Ekber Merdan couldn't finish the play. In the 42nd minute, Ekber Merdan made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrid Weikert in the 46th minute of play. After 47 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Carballo. The Huns made a substitution. Nicholas Ramachandran replaced Daniel Ţîrlea. The Huns's Ronan McCunn was substituted for Ekber Merdan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andre Huyterhoeven in the 49th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicholas Ramachandran was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Ronan McCunn ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. In the 56th minute, The Huns's Ronan McCunn ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-10. When The Huns's Ronan McCunn in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. A hard shot 60 in the game by Nicholas Ramachandran from a close distance when the talented Benito Sanz managed to make a qualified save. Costa Rica's players were relieved. Ronan McCunn scored 0-11 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 66 minutes into the game, Ronan McCunn cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-12. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 75th minute, Ronan McCunn made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-14. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronan McCunn in the 80th minute of play. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nicholas Ramachandran showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-15 in the 83 minute of play. Nicholas Ramachandran's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Benito Sanz firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Nicholas Ramachandran came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the The Huns 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 Nicholas Ramachandran couldn't finish the play. George Ghionea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.