Challenge

Marconi Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Augusto Bani took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arturo Felli saved Bar Marconi United from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arturo Felli saved Bar Marconi United from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arturo Felli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arturo Felli saved Bar Marconi United from getting behind. In the 16th match minute, Bar Marconi United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonello Canzano to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Ivan Navarro in the 18th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Bar Marconi United's Ferdinando Tullo. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Augusto Bani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arturo Felli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 20th minute of play. Arturo Felli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 22nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arturo Felli saved Bar Marconi United from getting behind. In the 26th minute, Edmundo Espiga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Honduras fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 29 minutes of play, Honduras's Moises Tafalla made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Felli was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Honduras's Christian Sancho got a free kick in the 31st minute. Augusto Bani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arturo Felli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 38 minutes Bar Marconi United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmundo Espiga who took care of the corner kick. Sebastian Villa struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Arturo Felli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Honduras.

The wind increased when Edmundo Espiga made the kick off in the second half. Armin Muciaccia hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Bar Marconi United's Armin Muciaccia got a free kick in the 54th minute. After 55th play minutes Edmundo Espiga shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Arturo Felli and just under the crossbar into goal. Edmundo Espiga struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Arturo Felli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Honduras. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 66th minute of play forced Bar Marconi United's goalkeeper Arturo Felli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arturo Felli came out and tried to block the shot, but Edmundo Espiga slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 69th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arturo Felli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 73rd minute of the match, Edmundo Espiga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arturo Felli saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Edmundo Espiga put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Arturo Felli. In the 77th minute, Sebastian Villa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arturo Felli. The goal made the score 0-7. Edmundo Espiga might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arturo Felli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edmundo Espiga ran back to his position shaking his head. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arturo Felli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arturo Felli was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Alex Limitone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 91 minutes into the match, Bar Marconi United's goalkeeper Arturo Felli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edmundo Espiga. After a defensive mix-up in Bar Marconi United's zone, Sebastian Villa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arturo Felli came out of the goal and Sebastian Villa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arturo Felli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Honduras's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.