Challenge

® El Monumental ®
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edmundo Espiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. Milagros Cabal kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Milagros Cabal hit a great ball. Honduras's attentive Esteban Carvallo managed to snatch the ball when Dionisio Abecia made a throw-in in the 14th minute of the game. Luca Langoni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Lautaro Navarro made a huge save. In the 17thth minute of the game Muhammet Ökten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Lautaro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, River Plate ® 9-12's Lautaro Navarro threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luca Langoni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Muhammet Ökten in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. Lautaro Navarro made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Muhammet Ökten sent off a good shot on target. Placido Silvanito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. Placido Silvanito did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Lautaro Navarro 33 minutes into the match. Lautaro Navarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Placido Silvanito in the 36th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Placido Silvanito was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. River Plate ® 9-12's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Honduras the free kick. After a rather tough play, River Plate ® 9-12's Placido Silvanito got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The throw-in from Dionisio Abecia in the 45th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Esteban Carvallo. A sloppy throw-in by Dionisio Abecia in the 46th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Luca Espinar. River Plate ® 9-12's Luca Langoni got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After some careless play in the Honduras defense, Muhammet Ökten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The Honduras fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lautaro Navarro should have stopped the shot. Cristian Christian blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lautaro Navarro having to make a save. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Silvanito in the 65th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by River Plate ® 9-12's Luca Langoni. But to his dismay, Luca Langoni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. River Plate ® 9-12's Elián Jazmin was substituted for Cristian Christian. River Plate ® 9-12's Jimeno Jimeno was substituted for Akhilleus Rallis. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Silvanito in the 77th minute of play. Honduras's attentive Luca Espinar managed to snatch the ball when Dionisio Abecia made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. After having played for 84 minutes, Sebastian Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Villa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 88 minutes, Luca Espinar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Honduras and the River Plate ® 9-12 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 88 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Luca Espinar. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Silvanito in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute Placido Silvanito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by River Plate ® 9-12's Luca Langoni. But to his dismay, Luca Langoni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. In the 97th minute Muhammet Ökten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. River Plate ® 9-12's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.