Challenge

Taba Opera Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Moises Fernandino kicked off to start the match. After 6 minutes of play, Tabalongo AFC's Marcos Soffia made it 1-0 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! In the 9th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateo Leguizamo to maneuver through the defense. 11 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Jeronimo Villacosta came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcos Soffia got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nemesio De la Sotta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Fernandino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eber Larralde in the 18th minute of play. El Salvador's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Eber Larralde 20 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. Marcos Soffia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeronimo Villacosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abram Luque sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Txomin Cuminao's late challenge caught a El Salvador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Txomin Cuminao helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eber Larralde in the 32nd minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrico Farias made in the 35th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jeronimo Villacosta. In the 36th minute, Eber Larralde 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 3-0. In the 39th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesus Carvallo to maneuver through the defense. Henrico Farias didn't quite understand what happened when in the 41 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. The audience was convinced that Eber Larralde's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. 45 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Jeronimo Villacosta came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Eber Larralde 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. 55 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Soffia came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Eber Larralde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tabalongo AFC's Henrico Farias got a free kick in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Tabalongo AFC's Pablo Martiarena got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 74th minute Eber Larralde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeronimo Villacosta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Villacosta in the 85th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Eber Larralde 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 Eber Larralde was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Soffia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eber Larralde in the 96th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Tabalongo AFC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.