Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Atletico Roma's Luigi Di Maio 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. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Aaron Barrios hit a great ball. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Atletico Roma's Luigi Di Maio. But to his dismay, Luigi Di Maio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. If Tomas Berganza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Christian Felice tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Chokri Bouchrara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Cotilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 23 minutes into the match, Atletico Roma's Luigi Di Maio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Cotilla narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 25th minute, Peter Parker 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 Tomas Berganza in the 28th minute of play forced Atletico Roma's goalkeeper Christian Felice to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Chokri Bouchrara came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Atletico Roma fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Chokri Bouchrara couldn't finish the play. Christian Felice showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 36th minute, Tomas Berganza made a precise shot to the right of Christian Felice. Atletico Roma's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Atletico Roma's Chokri Bouchrara suffered a concussion in the 39th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Atletico Roma made a substitution. Franco Punta replaced Chokri Bouchrara. Aaron Barrios kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 43rd of the match, Tomas Berganza tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Christian Felice got in the way and made a wonderful save. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luigi Di Maio in the 45th minute of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Tomas Berganza made the kick off in the second half. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Christian Felice tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abraham Alguacil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Felice having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Tomas Berganza notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Atletico Roma's Christian Felice. Christian Felice was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alex Cambeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Atletico Roma's Christian Felice played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 62nd minute of play. Marcos Cotilla was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jeronimo Barreiro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 68 minute of play. Jose Carita got a throw-in 72 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Miguel Miralles. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. In the 83rdth minute of the game Isidoro Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atletico Roma's Christian Felice was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 87 minutes into the game, Miguel Miralles cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-4. Christian Felice was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Franco Punta kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcos Cotilla. That made the score 4-5 in the 94 minute of play. The Panama supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Atletico Roma's performance. The match ended with a win for Atletico Roma.