Challenge

泾县红星宣纸体育场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 袁朗辉 made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Moruga to maneuver through the defense. Eliseo Noboa struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. 唐剑振 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Costa Rica. 泾县Red-Star FC's 唐剑振 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Puig in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 范康烽 in the 14th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 泾县Red-Star FC's 唐剑振 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Tasis in the 15th minute of play. 唐剑振 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 唐剑振 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Puig in the 20th minute of the match. Lautaro Puig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 袁朗辉 was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 28th minute. 泾县Red-Star FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Axel Tasis sped through 泾县Red-Star FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 唐剑振. The 泾县Red-Star FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Costa Rica were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, 泾县Red-Star FC's 唐剑振 got control of the ball when Lautaro Puig tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in 泾县Red-Star FC's zone, Eliseo Noboa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 唐剑振 came out of the goal and Eliseo Noboa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 56th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Axel Tasis to maneuver through the defense. If 袁朗辉 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 袁朗辉 went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 泾县Red-Star FC's 范康烽 got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 泾县Red-Star FC's 唐剑振 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Noboa in the 66th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, 泾县Red-Star FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Noboa came free, but 唐剑振 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 71 minutes, 顾风棋 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 泾县Red-Star FC and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 71 played minutes 泾县Red-Star FC got a freekick which was hit by 顾风棋. After 75 minutes, Lautaro Puig mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the 泾县Red-Star FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Lautaro Puig hit a great ball. After 79 minutes, 范康烽 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 泾县Red-Star FC and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. 范康烽 hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 袁朗辉, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 顾风棋 got his second yellow card in the match during the 91st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. 顾风棋 kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. 任凡建 came free in the 96th minute and tried to tip the ball over Benito Sanz, but to the joy of Costa Rica's supporters the ball went over. Chants of Costa Rica echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as 泾县Red-Star FC had held the ball for most of the match.