Challenge

Oswaldo Zubeldía
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Atlético Municipal's Willie Colon 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. A collision led to Atlético Municipal getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Oscar De León hit a great ball. 4 minutes into the match, Major Barna notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Atlético Municipal's Chuan Cintron. Chuan Cintron was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th minute, Atlético Municipal's Willie Colon ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fodor Daniel. Fodor Daniel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Chuan Cintron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Major Barna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 16 played minutes Atlético Municipal got a freekick which was hit by Oscar De León. Hungary's Fodor Daniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Hungary from getting a goal against them. When Hungary's Antal Valentin in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atlético Municipal's goalie prevented a goal. Bakos Endre made in the 26th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Hegedus Henrik however managed to control. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Major Barna sped through Atlético Municipal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Chuan Cintron. In the 32nd minute Willie Colon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Silvanito Gainza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Willie Colon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Willie Colon put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Fodor Daniel. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antal Valentin was the one to do the kick off. Chuan Cintron made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antal Valentin in the 51st minute. In the 51st minute, Azubeli Roman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th match minute, Atlético Municipal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oscar De León to maneuver through the defense. After 61 played minutes Atlético Municipal got a freekick which was hit by Oscar De León. After 63 played minutes Atlético Municipal got a freekick which was hit by Silvanito Gainza. Atlético Municipal's Willie Colon got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Major Barna came free, but Chuan Cintron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Atlético Municipal getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Cordero Gipils hit a great ball. Atlético Municipal made a substitution. Henry Fiola replaced Andoni Viguri. A collision led to Atlético Municipal getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Cordero Gipils hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Willie Colon made a precise shot to the right of Fodor Daniel. Hungary's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. Chuan Cintron was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Major Barna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Major Barna really showed his touch with that goal: 4-3. The Atlético Municipal players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.