Challenge

NEO QUIMICA STADIUM
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. Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off. Kléber Valle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 6th minute of the match Edmundo Espiga sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mattias Casillas skillfully saved the ball. In the 8th minute, Albino Steven left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Corinthians Paulista fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Jerônimo Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Villa in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mattias Casillas saved Corinthians Paulista from getting behind. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerônimo Mangueira in the 18th minute of play. Evandro Pena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. The supporters of Corinthians Paulista booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christian Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albino Steven got free with Lautaro Navarro in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mattias Casillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Jerônimo Mangueira struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Lautaro Navarro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Corinthians Paulista. In the 40th minute Jerônimo Mangueira 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. Honduras's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Jerônimo Mangueira scored to the left of an out of position Lautaro Navarro, making the score, 2-0. 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.

Moises Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Mattias Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Albino Steven made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Esteban Carvallo hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerônimo Mangueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Honduras's attentive Christian Sancho managed to snatch the ball when Paulo Renato Trancoso made a throw-in in the 70th minute of the game. After 73 minutes, Sandrinho Carneiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Corinthians Paulista and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sandrinho Carneiro hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Sebastian Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mattias Casillas having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Albino Steven came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastian Villa was extremely unlucky when he, in the 82nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 89th minute Corinthians Paulista were awarded a corner. Kléber Valle went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Corinthians Paulista's corner Kléber Valle fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lautaro Navarro quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albino Steven in the 92nd minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmundo Espiga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Mattias Casillas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Honduras's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.