Challenge

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rodolfo Cordeiro kicked off to start the match. Vinicio Crescencio's late challenge caught a Hungary's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vinicio Crescencio helped the player get up and apologised. Vinicio Crescencio hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Santa Maradona's zone, Balazs Lajos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Errapel came out of the goal and Balazs Lajos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 10th minute Antal Valentin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Errapel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 13 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Szekeres Tamas. Jonathan Errapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antal Valentin in the 18th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel. Jonathan Errapel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 24 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Major Barna came free, but Jonathan Errapel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 25th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Antal Valentin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Errapel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hungary's Major Barna managed to work through Santa Maradona's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Major Barna dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Gervasio Garcia hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Rigoberto Thomas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santa Maradona's supporters rose to their feet, but Rigoberto Thomas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fodor Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jonathan Errapel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Hungary were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after Santa Maradona's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Antal Valentin took the corner. The corner led to Hungary's Vörös Henrik getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Fodor Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hungary's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antal Valentin in the 41st minute. It was a well-played corner which Hegedus Henrik managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Cecilio Beltxe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Fodor Daniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antal Valentin to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Hegedus Henrik. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro in the 52nd minute of the match. At last the ball reached Rigoberto Thomas at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Hungary. 1-1. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fodor Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laureano Sustrai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice moves Antal Valentin could shoot a difficult shot in the 62nd minute, which Jonathan Errapel however easily saved by the left post. Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antal Valentin in the 64th minute of play. The supporters of Santa Maradona booed when Hungary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Katona Janos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Errapel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antal Valentin in the 73rd minute. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Haroldo Martxot was slow to take the kick. During this time Santa Maradona's players had a chance to rest. Haroldo Martxot made a great header on Santa Maradona's corner, it was just that Hungary's Fodor Daniel managed to reach the ball for a save. Laureano Sustrai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Errapel made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Major Barna sent off a good shot on target. Hungary's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Antal Valentin in the 84th minute. The corner led to Hungary's Balazs Lajos getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rodolfo Cordeiro in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fodor Daniel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Laureano Sustrai struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Fodor Daniel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santa Maradona.