Challenge

Tito Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucas Berse got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Juniors FC defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Octavio Fidele. The Juniors FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Octavio Fidele should have stopped the shot. Ivan Navarro made in the 9th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Sebastian Villa however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 10th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Octavio Fidele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Juniors FC defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Octavio Fidele. The Juniors FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Octavio Fidele should have stopped the shot. 14 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Octavio Fidele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Octavio Fidele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 15th minute of the match. Edmundo Espiga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Octavio Fidele having to make a save. After some careless play in the Juniors FC defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Octavio Fidele. The Juniors FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Octavio Fidele should have stopped the shot. Federico Kradi's late challenge caught a Honduras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Federico Kradi helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivan Navarro during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 27th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Navarro to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ivan Navarro hit a great ball. Octavio Fidele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Espinar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the match, Sebastian Villa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octavio Fidele. Juniors FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Villa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After 35 minutes of play, Honduras's Sebastian Villa made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavio Fidele was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Fidele was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Ivan Navarro got a throw-in 40 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sebastian Villa. Juniors FC's Jacobo Loren managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Christian Sancho in the 46 minute of the game. Octavio Fidele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edmundo Espiga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Fidele was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 63rd minute Christian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavio Fidele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Octavio Fidele. Octavio Fidele yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. In the 78th minute, Luca Espinar made a precise shot to the right of Octavio Fidele. Juniors FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. 87 minutes into the match, Ivan Navarro notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of Juniors FC's Octavio Fidele. Octavio Fidele was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Honduras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Juniors FC throughout the match.