Challenge

Cobos
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Berganza started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abraham Alguacil to maneuver through the defense. 6 minutes into the game, Cobos's Patrick Lidman 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, 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lino Guerrero. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Lidman in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Tomas Berganza got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 16th match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cambeiro to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Chesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Panama's Alex Cambeiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stelian Apostol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After a rather tough play, Panama's Matthew Garrido got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Marcos Cotilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patrick Lidman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute Patrick Lidman 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. In the 30th minute Leonel Chesus 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. Marcos Cotilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lino Guerrero in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 48th minute of play forced Cobos's goalkeeper Stelian Apostol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lino Guerrero to make the kick off. With his leg Stelian Apostol managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Panama's Abraham Alguacil fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Patrick Lidman hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Miguel Miralles scored 2-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stelian Apostol, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 59 minutes into the match, Cobos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Stelian Apostol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilfredo Arnas charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilfredo Arnas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Panama booed when Cobos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilfredo Arnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Chesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Isidoro Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 90th minute, Leonel Chesus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cobos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. After having played for 95 minutes, Isidoro Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidoro Sarmiento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cobos's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.