Challenge

La Ciudadela
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Moises Fernandino made the kick off which started today's match. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulino Lamberto in the 8th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Lamberto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 11 played minutes Irvine Marcello rounded El Salvador's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. In the 15th minute, Eriberto Osasun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of San Martin de Tucuman booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jesus Carvallo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 21 minutes into the match, Irvine Marcello dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ricardo Zorita, 2-0. Irvine Marcello received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ricardo Zorita came out and tried to block the shot, but Irvine Marcello slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 24th minute. Ricardo Zorita made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Irvine Marcello sent off a good shot on target. Irvine Marcello could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. In the 31st minute, Irvine Marcello 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 4-0. In the 34thth minute of the game Irvine Marcello who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Irvine Marcello had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Irvine Marcello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Irvine Marcello received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ricardo Zorita came out and tried to block the shot, but Irvine Marcello slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 40th minute. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 45th minute, when San Martin de Tucuman's Paulino Lamberto after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Ricardo Zorita in El Salvador's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. 47 minutes into the match, Ivan Copil notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 7-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Irvine Marcello to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, San Martin de Tucuman's Paulino Lamberto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Jesus Carvallo hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Severino Elorri replaced Ulises Dominguez. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Jesus Carvallo got a free kick in the 59th minute. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by San Martin de Tucuman's Irvine Marcello. But to his dismay, Irvine Marcello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. 68 minutes into the match, Ivan Copil notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by San Martin de Tucuman's Ivan Copil. But to his dismay, Ivan Copil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. The audience was convinced that Irvine Marcello's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Irvine Marcello took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 13-0. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 15-0 when Irvine Marcello sped through El Salvador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Irvine Marcello 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. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Marcial Munio replaced Irvine Marcello. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. San Martin de Tucuman had played much better football throughout.