Challenge

Estadio Nacional
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. Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Ştefan Bobeica notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 14 minutes in the game Hugo Ferrant did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aaron Alcocer. The crowd rose to their feet as Costa Rica's Axel Tasis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dário Neiva. That made the score 1-1 after 16 minutes of play. 31 minutes into the match, Ştefan Bobeica 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 Ştefan Bobeica was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ştefan Bobeica in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benito Sanz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Qjos MiLLano's Felipe van Basten. But to his dismay, Felipe van Basten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 45th minute. Ştefan Bobeica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ştefan Bobeica to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ştefan Bobeica's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 54th minute. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ştefan Bobeica in the 58th minute of the match. Hugo Ferrant's late challenge caught a Qjos MiLLano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hugo Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Ferrant. Ştefan Bobeica scored 1-7 in the 63rd 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. Qjos MiLLano's Luiz Teixeira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hugo Ferrant in the 65 minute of the game. Ştefan Bobeica struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Benito Sanz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Qjos MiLLano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ştefan Bobeica in the 68th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ştefan Bobeica did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-8 to the left of a surprised Benito Sanz 70 minutes into the match. 79 minutes into the game, Alan Moruga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Qjos MiLLano the free kick. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe van Basten in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute Ştefan Bobeica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Aaron Alcocer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.