Challenge

Bαsi Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Esteban Carvallo hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Valentín Carvallo hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aris Zanteroglou saved Jose F.C. from getting behind. 13 minutes into the game, Ntinos Kaliakatsos lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Lautaro Navarro. 17 minutes into the match, Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Jose F.C.'s goalkeeper Aris Zanteroglou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aris Zanteroglou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Espiga went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 28 minutes into the match, Themos Panagakis notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Honduras's Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Aris Zanteroglou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Lautaro Navarro was a little too slow when Themos Panagakis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 4-1. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aris Zanteroglou was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Themos Panagakis during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 47th match minute, Jose F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Themos Panagakis to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ntinos Kaliakatsos to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with Aris Zanteroglou in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ntinos Kaliakatsos in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Jose F.C.'s Ntinos Kaliakatsos got a free kick in the 55th minute. Ivan Navarro hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Milagros Cabal hit a great ball. When the match had been going on for 66 minutes Ntinos Kaliakatsos shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Lautaro Navarro when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. Ntinos Kaliakatsos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. In the 71st minute Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris 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. Ntinos Kaliakatsos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Themos Panagakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris in the 81st minute of play. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ntinos Kaliakatsos in the 89th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Vakoufaris in the 92nd minute of play. A collision led to Jose F.C. getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Sebastián Reina hit a great ball. Honduras's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.