Challenge

MAURO ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. In the 6th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Espinar to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, one of Honduras:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Honduras. Lu Hong Qiang stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. After 15 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Honduras! When the match had been going on for 16 minutes, Mauro's Barnaba Falke got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lautaro Navarro. Mauro's Nicola Zalewski came free and shot a quick shot against goal 19 minutes in the game, fortunately Lautaro Navarro had problems saving as it came toward the left post. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Esteban Carvallo hit a great ball. Lu Hong Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 36th minute of play. Lu Hong Qiang didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 44th minute Islam Slimani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 45 played minutes Mauro got a freekick which was hit by Teofil Bara. In the 47th minute, Moises Tafalla 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Nicola Zalewski made the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Islam Slimani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Espinar kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Edmundo Espiga charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edmundo Espiga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Tymoteusz Mikulski with Zula Tamulewicz as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The supporters of Honduras booed when Mauro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adam Zacharczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sebastian Villa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Islam Slimani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lu Hong Qiang made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Edmundo Espiga sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes into the match, Nicola Zalewski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicola Zalewski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. With a little luck, Mauro's Lu Hong Qiang got control of the ball when Sebastian Villa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Mauro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zula Tamulewicz to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 88th minute of play forced Mauro's goalkeeper Lu Hong Qiang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lu Hong Qiang came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Honduras's Edmundo Espiga. But to his dismay, Edmundo Espiga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. In the 91st minute, Mauro's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sebastian Villa fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 93rd minute, Islam Slimani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lautaro Navarro was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. Many of Honduras's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Honduras may have spent more time on the ball, but Mauro were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.