Challenge

Traci Lords Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Berganza got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Panama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Ros to maneuver through the defense. Gio Moreno was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 3rd minute. Algoso Warriors's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Panama's Marcos Cotilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Panama from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Algoso Warriors's Araoz Miñano got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestor Guillelmus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nestor Guillelmus 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 20th minute. Hipólito Neto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcos Cotilla came out and tried to block the shot, but Hipólito Neto slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gio Moreno in the 26th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Gio Moreno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Marcos Cotilla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A hard shot by Hipólito Neto from long distance, 32 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. When Panama's Abraham Alguacil in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Algoso Warriors's goalie prevented a goal. Gio Moreno took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gio Moreno in the 43rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Panama's Felipe Ros got a free kick in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Gio Moreno made the kick off in the second half. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gio Moreno in the 51st minute of the match. Isidoro Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nestor Guillelmus having to interfere. Tomas Berganza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Nestor Guillelmus made a huge save. In the 58th minute Gio Moreno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Cotilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos Cotilla stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gio Moreno's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gio Moreno in the 60th minute of the match. After 70 played minutes, Algoso Warriors's Araoz Miñano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Algoso Warriors reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 71st minute of play forced Algoso Warriors's goalkeeper Nestor Guillelmus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipólito Neto in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the game, Hipólito Neto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Marcos Cotilla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 79thth minute of the game Hipólito Neto 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. Hipólito Neto got in the 80th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Marcos Cotilla handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Gio Moreno struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Marcos Cotilla didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Algoso Warriors. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gio Moreno in the 94th minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Panama players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Algoso Warriors.