Challenge

Honorato Ascencio
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's Osvaldo Ferrero 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. Eliseo Noboa took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicasio Unax. Nicasio Unax dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Benito Sanz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Osvaldo Ferrero showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 9 minute of play. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Confesor in the 13th minute of play. After 16 minutes of play, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's Osvaldo Ferrero made it 2-1 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! In the 19th play minute Osvaldo Ferrero came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Benito Sanz. 3-1. In the 22nd minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Unax saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Alcocer in the 31st minute of play forced 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's goalkeeper Nicasio Unax to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Osvaldo Ferrero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Ferrero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Lautaro Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. In the 45th match minute, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Confesor to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

The wind increased when Axel Tasis made the kick off in the second half. Aaron Alcocers short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Nicasio Unax to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Nicasio Unax showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Noboa, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 61st minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Unax saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alan Moruga got free with Nicasio Unax in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 70th minute Axel Tasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Unax saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicasio Unax showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 71st minute of the match. In the 74th minute Osvaldo Ferrero 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Ferrero in the 76th minute of the match. In the 82nd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Noboa to maneuver through the defense. Osvaldo Ferrero took the ball and in the 83 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 7-1. Lautaro Puig blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicasio Unax having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Eliseo Noboa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Eliseo Noboa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nicasio Unax breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lautaro Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. After 94 played minutes, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's Delmiro Clemencin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benito Sanz 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 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas reached it. 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.