Challenge

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. The crowd rose to their feet as REVOLTA's Tomasz Kasprzak slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Kazimierz Januszewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abel Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Eliseo Noboa got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Axel Tasis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobiasz Kaznocha was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomasz Kasprzak in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when REVOLTA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Mikulski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tobiasz Kaznocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 26th minute of play. Hugo Ferrant's late challenge caught a REVOLTA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hugo Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. Hugo Ferrant kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Tomasz Kasprzak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kazimierz Januszewski got free with Benito Sanz in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kazimierz Januszewski was the one to do the kick off. REVOLTA's Tobiasz Kaznocha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save REVOLTA from getting a goal against them. In the 55th minute, Kazimierz Januszewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The REVOLTA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Efrain Moruga during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Efrain Moruga to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Hugo Ferrant hit a great ball. When Kazimierz Januszewski came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the REVOLTA 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 Kazimierz Januszewski couldn't finish the play. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Tobiasz Kaznocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomasz Kasprzak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Axel Tasis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Axel Tasis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobiasz Kaznocha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Tobiasz Kaznocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, REVOLTA's Tobiasz Kaznocha got control of the ball when Axel Tasis tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 78 minutes, Eliseo Noboa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Costa Rica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eliseo Noboa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 81 minutes into the match, REVOLTA's goalkeeper Tobiasz Kaznocha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Tasis. After having played for 85 minutes, Lautaro Puig managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Costa Rica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Puig was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Abel Carballo fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Abel Carballo a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Abel Carballo got a free kick in the 91st minute. After 96 minutes of play, REVOLTA's Leon Mikulski made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the REVOLTA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.