Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, 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. Arturo Di Matteo started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Matthew Garrido threw the ball into play from the sideline. Calenzano's Filippo Vulcano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 7 minutes into the match, Arturo Di Matteo notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 12 minutes into the game, Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo 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, 0-2. In the 15th minute, Arturo Di Matteo made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Cotilla. Panama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 19th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Balestra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matthew Garrido made in the 21st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Abraham Alguacil however managed to control. In the 22nd minute, Isidoro Sarmiento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Calenzano's Filippo Vulcano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Matthew Garrido, made in the 25th minute of the game. In the 30th minute Arturo Di Matteo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Comunardo Chizzo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthew Garrido to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Di Matteo went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 43 minutes into the match, Calenzano's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Donato Balestra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute of the game Felipe Ros made a throw-in which Abraham Alguacil played forward. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Calenzano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Achille Sciamanna to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Donato Balestra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Comunardo Chizzo in the 58th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Matteo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Cotilla was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Arturo Di Matteo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Marcos Cotilla 61 minutes into the match. Calenzano's Alessandro Giocondo was substituted for Yaniusky Pardo. After 65 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Matthew Garrido. After a rather tough play, Calenzano's Achille Sciamanna got a free kick in the 67th minute. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Pierrot Leenpoels got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-6. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Matthew Garrido hit a great ball. Calenzano's Alessandro Giocondo suffered a concussion in the 87th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. 87 minutes into the game, Matthew Garrido 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 Calenzano the free kick. In the 87th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthew Garrido to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Ennio Daniele sent off a good shot on target. After 93 minutes of play, Panama's Isidoro Sarmiento made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Balestra was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Calenzano booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Cambeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fedele Alessandrini, 97 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal.