Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Åke Strömberg started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aron Fredriksson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Åke Strömberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. Aron Fredriksson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Espiga went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute, Frank Åkerberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 36 minutes of play, Honduras's Sebastian Villa made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aron Fredriksson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Bantayan BK's Holger Nilsson. But to his dismay, Holger Nilsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Edmundo Espiga made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Bantayan BK defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aron Fredriksson. The Bantayan BK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aron Fredriksson should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Honduras's Lautaro Navarro got control of the ball when Åke Strömberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lennart Vennerström'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. Lennart Vennerström helped the player get up and apologised. Aron Fredriksson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. A collision led to Bantayan BK getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Hubert Berglund hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the game, Frank Åkerberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bantayan BK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Honduras the free kick. In the 66th minute, Dan Rudkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aron Fredriksson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Espiga went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Aron Fredriksson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Bantayan BK were furious when John Dalman was red carded, 77 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 77 minutes into the game, one of Bantayan BK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Honduras a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Edmundo Espiga, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bantayan BK's Aron Fredriksson. 5-1. 83 minutes into the match, Bantayan BK's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Aron Fredriksson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd match minute, Bantayan BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hubert Berglund to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute Sebastian Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Fredriksson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Honduras's Sebastian Villa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aron Fredriksson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aron Fredriksson was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Åke Strömberg got free with Lautaro Navarro in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Honduras fully deserved thier win.