Challenge

La Xibombonera
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeremias Preuss got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xiboquinha FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Albano Eladio in the 6th minute. After taking down the ball on Xiboquinha FC's corner Albano Eladio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ricardo Zorita quite easily take care of the ball. 10 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jeremias Preuss. After 11 minutes El Salvador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Albano Eladio who took care of the corner kick. Albano Eladio made a great header on Xiboquinha FC's corner, it was just that El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita managed to reach the ball for a save. 23 minutes into the game, Luis Rubio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Salvador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Xiboquinha FC the free kick. After recieving a nice pass, Xiboquinha FC's Yenal Kargin tried to score from far away in the 24th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, César Moraes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ricardo Zorita. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Tamayo in the 31st minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Rony Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tage Backlund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. In the 38th play minute Jeremias Preuss came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ricardo Zorita. 2-0. After 40 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. Xiboquinha FC's Rony Zanette played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Luque in the 43rd minute of play. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jeremias Preuss went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tage Backlund stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, César Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xiboquinha FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but César Moraes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Preuss in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Tage Backlund ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Jeremias Preuss blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Zorita having to make a save. César Moraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when César Moraes came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremias Preuss scored 5-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ricardo Zorita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Preuss in the 79th minute of play. Sílvio Favoretto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tage Backlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 played minutes Xiboquinha FC got a freekick which was hit by Albano Eladio.