Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zorko Hendrickx took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roch Olchawa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Moises Fernandino sent off a good shot on target. Moises Fernandino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Roch Olchawa made a huge save. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fred-Marc Firmino's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Fred-Marc Firmino put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred-Marc Firmino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Curbelo to maneuver through the defense. If Fred-Marc Firmino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waclaw Dranka in the 15th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waclaw Dranka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred-Marc Firmino in the 18th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Marco Tamayo. In the 19th minute of the match Zorko Hendrickx shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by ACR SA's Zorko Hendrickx. But to his dismay, Zorko Hendrickx quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Roch Olchawa made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Moises Fernandino sent off a good shot on target. Fred-Marc Firmino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. The supporters of ACR SA booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentino Ferrant didn't get a good kick on the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Moises Fernandino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Salvador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ACR SA the free kick. In the 31st minute, Moises Fernandino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Fred-Marc Firmino came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Waclaw Dranka came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Tamayo to maneuver through the defense. 36 minutes into the match, Fred-Marc Firmino notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zorko Hendrickx scored 0-4 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ricardo Zorita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zorko Hendrickx took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Luis Rubio hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Moises Fernandino was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesus Carvallo to maneuver through the defense. When Joshua Curbelo fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Salvador's protests and gave Joshua Curbelo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 67th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Curbelo to maneuver through the defense. 68 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Zorko Hendrickx came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Zorita was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Ludomir Grucza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ludomir Grucza really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. 82 minutes into the match, Fred-Marc Firmino notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 85th minute, Waclaw Dranka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. 89 minutes into the game, ACR SA's Fred-Marc Firmino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Fred-Marc Firmino tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zorko Hendrickx's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Boruc Cytrynski's late challenge caught a El Salvador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boruc Cytrynski helped the player get up and apologised. The El Salvador fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ACR SA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.