Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Axel Tasis started the match with the kick off. Alejandro Cortez kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimiro Justin in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Justin in the 4th 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 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raul Elequemedo went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Elequemedo in the 9th minute of play. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raul Elequemedo in the 10th minute of the match. Raul Elequemedo scored 0-2 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 17th minute Raul Elequemedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jozef Antalovič in the 18th minute of play. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Raul Elequemedo's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute Raul Elequemedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute Jozef Antalovič shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Juan Rubio got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Raul Elequemedo's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Abel Carballo hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Elequemedo in the 26th minute of play. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimiro Justin in the 27th minute of play. With a little luck, Pocho FC's Silvio Calvet got control of the ball when Aaron Alcocer tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Costa Rica 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 Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimiro Justin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimiro Justin took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 38 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's Axel Tasis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvio Calvet narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Pocho FC's Vladimiro Justin. But to his dismay, Vladimiro Justin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jozef Antalovič in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benito Sanz saved Costa Rica from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Raul Elequemedo made the kick off in the second half. Aaron Alcocer's late challenge caught a Pocho FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaron Alcocer helped the player get up and apologised. Raul Elequemedo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benito Sanz came out and tried to block the shot, but Raul Elequemedo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 53rd minute. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raul Elequemedo in the 57th minute of the match. Vasko Karaenev was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 59 minutes into the match. In the 59th match minute, Pocho FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasko Karaenev to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvio Calvet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vladimiro Justin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. After 65 minutes, Abel Carballo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Pocho FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Abel Carballo got a free kick in the 65th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Jozef Antalovič notched a goal, 0-6, 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. Costa Rica's defense didn't have a chance, in the 73rd minute, when Vladimiro Justin scored to the left of an out of position Benito Sanz, making the score, 0-7. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Jozef Antalovič tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benito Sanz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jozef Antalovič in the 87th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiro Justin came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimiro Justin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.