Challenge

Est Rommel Fernández
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. Abraham Alguacil was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 3rd minute. Panama's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Hayden Watkins hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Dane White tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Panama's Tomas Berganza got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Fábio-Fernando Fenomeno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Kelvin Quinn came free, but Marcos Cotilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Cotilla came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Henley on Thames United's Kelvin Quinn. But to his dismay, Kelvin Quinn quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 30 minutes of play, Henley on Thames United's Kelvin Quinn made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Cotilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dane White was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 43rd minute Samuel Sanderson 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

After 52 minutes, Isidoro Sarmiento mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panama and the Henley on Thames United players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Henley on Thames United booed when Panama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoro Sarmiento didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 55th minute of play forced Henley on Thames United's goalkeeper Dane White to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ronny Dines during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Fábio-Fernando Fenomeno hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Henley on Thames United's Dane White played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 59th minute of play. Panama were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Henley on Thames United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abraham Alguacil took the corner. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Abraham Alguacil sped through Henley on Thames United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dane White. After 66 played minutes Henley on Thames United got a freekick which was hit by Fábio-Fernando Fenomeno. In the 67th match minute, Henley on Thames United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fábio-Fernando Fenomeno to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th minute, Abraham Alguacil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dane White was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. After 70 played minutes Henley on Thames United got a freekick which was hit by Ronny Dines. Dane White showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 73rd minute of the match. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Henley on Thames United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. Dane White didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Panama's Abraham Alguacil shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnathon Friebe in the 92nd minute of the match. Henley on Thames United's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.