Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Panama's Tomas Berganza started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5thth minute of the game Tomas Berganza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Apatit Kirovsk FC's Igor Brattsov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 6th minute, Pavel Makarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 7th minute of play forced Apatit Kirovsk FC's goalkeeper Igor Brattsov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Brattsov having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Semen Rodionov got free with Marcos Cotilla in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Igor Brattsov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 13th minute of the match. Tomas Berganza might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Igor Brattsov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Berganza ran back to his position shaking his head. Igor Brattsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Brattsov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After having played for 26 minutes, Tomas Berganza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Berganza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Emil Mikhailov tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Sergey Matetskiy fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Apatit Kirovsk FC's protests and gave Sergey Matetskiy a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Apatit Kirovsk FC's Sergey Matetskiy got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After a rather tough play, Apatit Kirovsk FC's Stepan Kuderskiy got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Apatit Kirovsk FC's Emil Mikhailov got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abraham Alguacil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 43 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Mikhailov came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Felipe Ros hit a great ball. Pavel Makarov kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Tomas Berganza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Semen Rodionov made a kick off. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Apatit Kirovsk FC made a substitution. Witold Orling replaced Ilya Trunov. Apatit Kirovsk FC made a substitution. Maksim Osipov replaced Vadim Kudryashov. Emil Mikhailov took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. A collision led to Apatit Kirovsk FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Witold Orling hit a great ball. When Aaron Barrios fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Panama's protests and gave Aaron Barrios a yellow card for diving instead. Aaron Barrios kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. When Innokentiy Balaban fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Apatit Kirovsk FC's protests and gave Innokentiy Balaban a yellow card for diving instead. Innokentiy Balaban hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Brattsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute, Tomas Berganza made a precise shot to the right of Igor Brattsov. Apatit Kirovsk FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. In the 95th 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. Innokentiy Balaban hit a great freekick 99 minutes into the match.