Challenge

Eglynėlis
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Eglynas's Doğan Akbudun started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Skirmantas Balinskas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th match minute, Eglynas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beržas Adomaitis to maneuver through the defense. Bengt-Rune Björk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Noboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Doğan Akbudun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edmundas Donskis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Edmundas Donskis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benito Sanz. That made the score 2-0 in the 23 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Eglynas's Domas Jakštys got a free kick in the 30th minute. If Skirmantas Balinskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Eglynas's Edmundas Donskis got a free kick in the 37th minute. When Skirmantas Balinskas came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Eglynas 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 Skirmantas Balinskas couldn't finish the play. Skirmantas Balinskas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. 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 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Axel Tasis was the one to do the kick off. Lautaro Puig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bengt-Rune Björk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Noboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Eglynas defense, Eliseo Noboa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bengt-Rune Björk. The Eglynas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bengt-Rune Björk should have stopped the shot. Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Eglynas's Bengt-Rune Björk got control of the ball when Eliseo Noboa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68th minute, Doğan Akbudun made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. 73 minutes into the match, Marijus Lukšys notched a goal, 5-1, 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. Antoni Ciempa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Skirmantas Balinskas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Skirmantas Balinskas succeeded in the game's 83rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 6-1. After having played for 94 minutes, Doğan Akbudun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eglynas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Doğan Akbudun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Alan Moruga hit a great ball. Eglynas's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.