Challenge

Hungary Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) SABALEPLUS's Horacio Nevada 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. Antal Valentin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Bonifacio Rios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute, Major Barna 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. Bonifacio Rios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Major Barna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to SABALEPLUS getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Dalmacio Iratze hit a great ball. Major Barna hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute, Blas Nastasio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SABALEPLUS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Antal Valentin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bonifacio Rios read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. SABALEPLUS's Bonifacio Rios proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save SABALEPLUS from getting a goal against them. In the 31st minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bonifacio Rios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to SABALEPLUS getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Dalmacio Iratze hit a great ball. 35 minutes into the game, Major Barna recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bonifacio Rios. Major Barna showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. With a little luck, SABALEPLUS's Bonifacio Rios got control of the ball when Major Barna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Major Barna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Bonifacio Rios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Hungary's zone, Horacio Nevada stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal and Horacio Nevada tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 48th minute, Major Barna fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Bonifacio Rios, passed just outside the right post. The score stood at 1-1 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. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Hungary getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Major Barna hit a great ball. When Blas Nastasio came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the SABALEPLUS 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 Blas Nastasio couldn't finish the play. 65 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of SABALEPLUS's Bonifacio Rios. Bonifacio Rios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the SABALEPLUS defense, Hegedus Henrik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bonifacio Rios. The SABALEPLUS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bonifacio Rios should have stopped the shot. Bonifacio Rios didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Takacs Tibor went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Bonifacio Rios 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 82nd minute. After taking down the ball on Hungary's corner Antal Valentin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bonifacio Rios quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Katona Janos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bonifacio Rios was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. If Major Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the game, Antal Valentin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Bonifacio Rios was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee ended the match the Hungary players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.