Challenge

ARENA UDB
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fakir Štriker started the match with the kick off. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathieu Ceulemans in the 13th minute of the match. Ahmet Baki Zafer's late challenge caught a Costa Rica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Baki Zafer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Macedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abelardo Mannuel got free with Benito Sanz in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fakir Štrikers short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Benito Sanz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Fakir Štriker received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benito Sanz came out and tried to block the shot, but Fakir Štriker slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 28th minute. After 31 played minutes, US DI BESTI FC's Abelardo Mannuel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benito Sanz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in US DI BESTI FC reached it. Alfredo Macedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Tasis in the 32nd minute of the match. Aaron Alcocer hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Fakir Štriker had several of the Costa Rica's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 34 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Benito Sanz as he didn't even see the shot coming. 37 minutes into the match, Fakir Štriker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fakir Štriker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ahmet Baki Zafer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, US DI BESTI FC's Fakir Štriker 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. 4-0. After a rather tough play, US DI BESTI FC's João Paulo Sergipano got a free kick in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Axel Tasis to strike the kick off in the second half. When Fakir Štriker came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the US DI BESTI FC 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 Fakir Štriker couldn't finish the play. Alfredo Macedo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Tasis's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Mannuel came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mathieu Ceulemans took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathieu Ceulemans, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 83rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Moruga to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. In the 95th minute of the match, Axel Tasis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Alfredo Macedo was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. US DI BESTI FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.