Challenge

Monumental
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Axel Tasis made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd match minute, Nuevo Horizonte was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benigno Chago to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 4th minute of play forced Nuevo Horizonte's goalkeeper Niceto Virila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Rubio's late challenge caught a Nuevo Horizonte's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Rubio helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 8th minute. Abel Carballo's late challenge caught a Nuevo Horizonte's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abel Carballo helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Abel Carballo. 10 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Honorio Aztore came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guido Lucero hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Lucero in the 21st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Axel Tasis to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when Nuevo Horizonte's Baldomero Lapurdi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After having played for 28 minutes, Feliberto Ramirez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nuevo Horizonte's supporters crossed their fingers, but Feliberto Ramirez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Axel Tasis took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Niceto Virila. Niceto Virila dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Baldomero Lapurdi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Baldomero Lapurdi to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Baldomero Lapurdi notched a goal, 1-1, 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. Niceto Virila was a little too slow when Eliseo Noboa got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 63rd minute. The score was now 1-3. In the 69th minute, Lautaro Puig 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Katia in the 71st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Katia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Honorio Aztore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honorio Aztore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Nuevo Horizonte's Baldomero Lapurdi got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulino Katia's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. The Nuevo Horizonte supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Costa Rica's performance. The match ended with a win for Costa Rica.