National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Raúl Corpeño started the match with the kick off. Valentine Hernandez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 2ndth minute, Eraldo Guzman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's David Mendoza got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Valentine Hernandez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Eraldo Guzman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Valentine Hernandez scored 1-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eraldo Guzman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ariel Balboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raúl Corpeño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ariel Balboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raúl Corpeño in the 12th minute of play. Valentine Hernandezs short, quick shot in the 13thth minute got Eraldo Guzman to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Valentine Hernandez who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Eraldo Guzman when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 16thth minute of the game Valentine Hernandez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Eraldo Guzman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ariel Balboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Misael Sigaran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20thth minute of the game Valentine Hernandez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Eraldo Guzman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Selvin Rosales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valentine Hernandez took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eraldo Guzman. Eraldo Guzman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Paraguay's Ariel Balboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Viscarra in the 29th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentine Hernandez in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eraldo Guzman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Raúl Corpeño hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute, Selvin Rosales made a precise shot to the right of Ariel Balboa. Paraguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. The audience was convinced that Valentine Hernandez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eraldo Guzman was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Honduras's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pes Villarias was slow to take the kick. During this time Paraguay's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Paraguay's Faustino Bordon to a score. 3-1 in the 42nd minute.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentine Hernandez in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eraldo Guzman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 59th minute of the match Paraguay got a corner. Honduras's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pes Villarias ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Pes Villarias almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Honduras's Eraldo Guzman did a great save. Eraldo Guzman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentine Hernandez in the 61st minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Dantae Lahoz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eraldo Guzman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ariel Balboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raúl Corpeño in the 64th minute of play. Honduras's Eraldo Guzman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentine Hernandez in the 65th minute of play. Eraldo Guzman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentine Hernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Valentine Hernandez came free, but Eraldo Guzman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paraguay made a substitution. Ignatius Galo replaced Denis Inestrosa. In the 70th minute Paraguay were awarded a corner. Pes Villarias went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Pes Villarias got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eraldo Guzman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Paraguay's Ariel Balboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Viscarra in the 72nd minute of play. Paraguay's Ariel Balboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Viscarra in the 74th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentine Hernandez in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eraldo Guzman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentine Hernandez in the 78th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Eraldo Guzman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 minutes, Valentine Hernandez made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Honduras's Eraldo Guzman tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 83rd minute, Jairo Mendez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute of the match Pes Villarias sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eraldo Guzman skillfully saved the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Ricardo Viscarra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ariel Balboa, 4-2. After some careless play in the Honduras defense, Valentine Hernandez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eraldo Guzman. The Honduras fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eraldo Guzman should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignatius Galo in the 94th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Eraldo Guzman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Paraguay were victorious despite being under pressure from Honduras for much of the match.