Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pepe Chadwick took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rony Schmidt in the 7th minute of play forced U21 Dominican Republic's goalkeeper Ivan Arrese to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pepe Chadwick hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Ivan Arrese took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Tasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivan Arrese didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquim Tasso went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Ivan Arrese stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joaquim Tasso's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Ivan Arrese didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rony Schmidt went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. U21 Dominican Republic's Ivan Arrese played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luisito Leizarraga in the 27th minute of play. Ivan Arrese showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Tasso, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 32nd minute, Joaquim Tasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 0 descensos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 38th minute, Joaquim Tasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 0 descensos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Mauricio Oriche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Arrese having to interfere. U21 Dominican Republic's Ivan Arrese played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim Tasso in the 45th minute of play. Ivan Arrese showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisito Leizarraga, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half 0 descensos were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Rony Schmidt 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mauricio Oriche got free with Ivan Arrese in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. U21 Dominican Republic's Marcelo Carracedo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Melquiades Galtero, made in the 59th minute of the game. In the 64th minute Luisito Leizarraga managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. Timo Boyd kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. 0 descensos made a substitution. Bernabe Rojas replaced Joaquim Tasso. 0 descensos's Gabriel Azeari was substituted for Mauricio Oriche. Timo Boyd hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luisito Leizarraga got free with Ivan Arrese in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to 0 descensos getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Luisito Leizarraga hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Luisito Leizarraga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bernabe Rojas might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivan Arrese. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bernabe Rojas ran back to his position shaking his head. Gabriel Azeari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 89 minutes, Melquiades Galtero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 0 descensos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Melquiades Galtero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Duaner Jaramillo hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 0 descensos played a much better game than U21 Dominican Republic and deserved their victory. The U21 Dominican Republic players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.