Challenge

Bird Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off. Sebastian Villa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manol Skarlatov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manol Skarlatov was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Moises Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manol Skarlatov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mike Robert might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mike Robert ran back to his position shaking his head. Edmundo Espiga kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Luca Espinar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 25th minute Luca Espinar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manol Skarlatov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute, Niels Eglin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 38th minute, Luca Espinar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Robert in the 38th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Riccardo Uttiger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mike Robert, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mike Robert made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Milagros Cabal got a free kick in the 50th minute. 55 minutes into the match, ARAPONGAS's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Villa came free, but Manol Skarlatov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastian Villa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Lucian Budulea with Sebastian Striner as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 65 minutes into the match, ARAPONGAS's Mike Robert sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lautaro Navarro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 68 minutes into the game, Milagros Cabal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Honduras's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ARAPONGAS the free kick. Milagros Cabal hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. If Mike Robert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Milagros Cabal got his second yellow card in the match during the 74th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 77th minute, Niels Eglin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.