Challenge

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Moises Fernandino took the kick off in the first half of the match. Antony Lofton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 5th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antony Lofton to maneuver through the defense. 9 minutes into the game, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton 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, 1-0. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Jean Britton tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jean Britton got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luis Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. A hard shot 18 in the game by Jean Britton from a close distance when the talented Ricardo Zorita managed to make a qualified save. El Salvador's players were relieved. Jean Britton succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Britton in the 23rd minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jean Britton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Jean Britton 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. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Rubio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jean Britton's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ricardo Zorita read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Sport Lisboa e Benfica's corner Du Lei Bin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ricardo Zorita quite easily take care of the ball. After 39 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Rubio. In the 45th minute Sport Lisboa e Benfica were awarded a corner. Barış Birsoy went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Barış Birsoy got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ricardo Zorita quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jean Britton to make the kick off. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jean Britton went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 54th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antony Lofton to maneuver through the defense. After 59 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton made it 6-0 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! Valentino Ferrant charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valentino Ferrant the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentino Ferrant didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jean Britton struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Ricardo Zorita didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. After having played for 68 minutes, Jean Britton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jean Britton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 71 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Rubio. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton. But to his dismay, Jean Britton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Jean Britton took the ball and in the 77 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 9-0. During the 81st minute of the match Luis Rubio completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Luis Rubio a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Rubio didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Jean Britton came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Sport Lisboa e Benfica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jean Britton couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Jean Britton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86th 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. After 87 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton made it 10-0 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! El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Du Lei Bin in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Jean Britton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sport Lisboa e Benfica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. Collin Grimm charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Collin Grimm the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Collin Grimm to maneuver through the defense. There was no doubt that Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the better team. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.