Challenge

New Trafford
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Afonso Amado made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Desert Fury getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Hélio Manarte hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Hélio Malheiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Hélio Malheiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Hristivoj Ninković in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Sebastian Villa. Hristivoj Ninković made in the 12th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Hélio Malheiro immediately put the ball in play. In the 15th minute of the game Hristivoj Ninković made a throw-in which Hélio Malheiro played forward. In the 16th minute Hélio Manarte 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. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Afonso Amado put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's attentive Esteban Carvallo managed to snatch the ball when Hristivoj Ninković made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. When Sebastian Villa came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Honduras fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sebastian Villa couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Afonso Amado stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Afonso Amado tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. With his leg Lautaro Navarro managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Desert Fury's Afonso Amado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Honduras's Lautaro Navarro got control of the ball when Afonso Amado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sebastian Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Hernani Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edmundo Espiga made a kick off. Honduras's Sebastian Villa got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Hristivoj Ninković in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Esteban Carvallo. 62 minutes into the game, Hristivoj Ninković threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Luca Espinar quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Hristivoj Ninković made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Luca Espinar. 66 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hernani Correia. Edmundo Espiga showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. The supporters of Desert Fury booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmundo Espiga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Apalanga charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Apalanga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pedro Apalanga hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Maurito in the 85th minute of the match. After 85 minutes, Esteban Carvallo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Honduras and the Desert Fury players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Esteban Carvallo got a free kick in the 86th minute. When Desert Fury's Pedro Maurito in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Honduras's goalie prevented a goal. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuno Ramos in the 90th minute of play. Hélio Malheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. Lautaro Navarro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Maurito's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. After 96 played minutes Desert Fury got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Apalanga. When the final whistle sounded Honduras left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Desert Fury.