Challenge

Zavalía
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Metod Mlynar made the kick off and thus started the match. After 2 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Kornel Jahoda. When Federico Avila came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Hydra 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 Federico Avila couldn't finish the play. Henrich Slany made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leopoldo Ladio in the 6th minute. Manoel Xavier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Henrich Slany made a huge save. In the 16th minute, Federico Avila ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrich Slany was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Henrich Slany was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Federico Avila showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 19 minute of play. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Ladio in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Oliver Holub shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orlando Chepe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Federico Avila received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Henrich Slany came out and tried to block the shot, but Federico Avila slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 32nd minute. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Ladio in the 39th minute of play. 42 minutes into the game, Hydra's Manoel Xavier nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrich Slany made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bruno Lander during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 45th minute, Bruno Lander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manoel Xavier was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Manoel Xavier cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Henrich Slany was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manoel Xavier in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrich Slany saved Slovakia from getting behind. Manoel Xavier struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Henrich Slany didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hydra. In the 64th match minute, Hydra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kris Longden to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Leopoldo Ladio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrich Slany was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Emmanuel in the 73rd minute of play. In the 76th minute Federico Avila shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Avila in the 78th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Emmanuel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Urdaspal Ronda hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Avila, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 84th minute, Vavrinec Koleno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute, Manoel Xavier 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. Henrich Slany didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manoel Xavier went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manoel Xavier in the 95th minute of the match. Mario Emmanuel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrich Slany having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Hydra had played much better football throughout.