Challenge

Witney Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tim Hurren. Witney City's Tommy Bond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 17th minute of play. Ivan Navarro hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 22nd minute by Leon Swanson got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 26 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Swanson came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Sebastian Villa notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Witney City's Tommy Bond. Tommy Bond was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Tim Hurren took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Lautaro Navarro to make any attempt to save it. Lautaro Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tim Hurren went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tim Hurren to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Honduras defense, Tim Hurren kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The Honduras fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lautaro Navarro should have stopped the shot. Tommy Bond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 55th minute of play. If Sebastian Villa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Swanson in the 61st minute of play. After 61 minutes of play, Witney City's Leon Swanson made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lautaro Navarro was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tim Hurren in the 64th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Witney City were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after Honduras's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Igor Kyulafliyski took the corner. The corner led Witney City's Igor Kyulafliyski to fire away a dangerous shot which Lautaro Navarro despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Swanson came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Witney City's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Tommy Bond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rdth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Witney City's Tommy Bond was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Honduras's Edmundo Espiga got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edmundo Espiga who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Tommy Bond when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Charles Bolton charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Charles Bolton the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Witney City's Charles Bolton got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Bond came out and tried to block the shot, but Edmundo Espiga slotted it home off the left post making it 5-2 in the 83rd minute. A collision led to Witney City getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Tim Hurren hit a great ball. Tommy Bond made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 86th minute. 95 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Tim Hurren came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Witney City fans cheered their team off the field, for while Honduras had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.