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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. In the 9th minute, La Scaloneta's Lion Messi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. El Salvador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Leandro Paredes scored to the left of an out of position Ricardo Zorita, making the score, 2-0. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Fernandino in the 20th minute of play. After 22nd play minutes Lautaro Martinez shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Ricardo Zorita and just under the crossbar into goal. Moises Fernandino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dibag Martinez having to interfere. Lautaro Martinez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. Dibag Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Moises Fernandino came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. After 40 minutes of play, La Scaloneta's Lautaro Martinez made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Zorita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lion Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lion Messi to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Lion Messi came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lion Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 55th minute, Lautaro Martinez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Scaloneta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Lion Messi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. The El Salvador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Zorita should have stopped the shot. La Scaloneta's Ángel-Fabián Di María was substituted for Leandro Paredes. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lion Messi in the 68th minute of play. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 71st minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Martinez came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ángel-Fabián Di María scored 7-0 in the 74th 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. In the 79th minute, Moises Fernandino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Lautaro Martinez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. The El Salvador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Zorita should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Paulo Dybala kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. The El Salvador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Zorita should have stopped the shot. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Martinez in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 92nd minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that La Scaloneta were the better team. La Scaloneta's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.