Challenge

Vicente Calderon
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmundo Espiga got the match started through his kick off. David Batuhin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 5thth minute tested the skills of Lautaro Navarro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Sid Wilson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Edmundo Espiga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Honduras's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundo Espiga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rambo Jon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 12th minute, David Batuhin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lautaro Navarro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. David Batuhin kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Batuhin in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Nail Horan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Villa to maneuver through the defense. Valentín Carvallo made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Christian Sancho immediately put the ball in play. 24 minutes into the match, David Batuhin 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 David Batuhin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The audience was convinced that David Batuhin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lautaro Navarro was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Cuatrodeocho's Rambo Jon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 30th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers David Batuhin in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, David Batuhin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lautaro Navarro, 3-0. David Batuhin succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 38th playminute. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Valentín Carvallo hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the game, Cuatrodeocho's Andy Entrena nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lautaro Navarro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. In the 47th minute David Batuhin 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

In the 51st minute, Luca Espinar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Batuhin might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. David Batuhin ran back to his position shaking his head. Cuatrodeocho's David Batuhin managed to work through Honduras's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. David Batuhin dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 59 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when David Batuhin came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Villa to maneuver through the defense. Cuatrodeocho made a substitution. José Planes replaced Sid Wilson. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Sebastian Villa hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute of the match Ramiro Oliverio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lautaro Navarro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 67 minutes Honduras's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was David Batuhin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Belarmino Campos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lautaro Navarro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Cuatrodeocho's David Batuhin. But to his dismay, David Batuhin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Batuhin in the 74th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Batuhin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lautaro Navarro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, David Batuhin notched a goal, 7-0, 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. Cuatrodeocho made a substitution. Iván Villafane replaced David Batuhin. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Iván Villafane managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cuatrodeocho's supporters rose to their feet, but Iván Villafane was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lautaro Navarro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Gábor Gyepes in the 94th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Emanuel Ocampo. Honduras's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.