Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Benoit De Middeleer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Miguel Miralles kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, Jithu Hsin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abraham Alguacil blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lamar Lee having to make a save. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Morell in the 12th minute of the match. In the 12thth minute of the game Santiago Morell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Panama's Marcos Cotilla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lamar Lee made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Abraham Alguacil sent off a good shot on target. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Lamar Lee successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Benoit De Middeleer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Marcos Cotilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 20 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. After 22 minutes, Felix Ning mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Singapore and the Panama players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience cheered when Abraham Alguacil's long shot passed Lamar Lee's right side. It was 1-0, 22 minutes into the match. Isidoro Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 28 minutes, Abraham Alguacil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abraham Alguacil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Panama's Marcos Cotilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benoit De Middeleer in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Santiago Morell 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 1-1. Antoni Gotfryd kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the game, Abraham Alguacil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Lamar Lee was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lamar Lee took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Alguacil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jithu Hsin fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Singapore's protests and gave Jithu Hsin a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd minute, Jithu Hsin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lamar Lee took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lamar Lee was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. The Singapore fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when Singapore's Benoit De Middeleer looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 66th match minute, Singapore was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santiago Morell to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 68 minutes, Abraham Alguacil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panama's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abraham Alguacil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lamar Lee came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. 74 minutes into the match, Benoit De Middeleer dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcos Cotilla, 3-4. Tomas Berganza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lamar Lee having to interfere. In the 83rd minute Panama were awarded a corner. Abraham Alguacil went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Isidoro Sarmiento got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 4-4. 84 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Miguel Miralles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Benoit De Middeleer from long distance, 87 minutes into the match, got Marcos Cotilla's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Alguacil in the 91st minute of play forced Singapore's goalkeeper Lamar Lee to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santiago Morell's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcos Cotilla firmly grabbed it by the left post. The Singapore players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Panama from taking control. The game ends in a draw.