Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alvaro Sforza made the kick off which started today's match. Alvaro Sforza blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Zorita having to make a save. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Sforza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AC Roma's Alessio Odisio got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Javier Della Francesca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Alvaro Sforza sped through El Salvador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. 18 minutes into the game, AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza 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, 0-3. In the 25th minute, Alvaro Sforza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Sforza in the 28th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Javier Della Francesca went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 33rd minute, Luis Rubio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Javier Della Francesca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Sforza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alvaro Sforza in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. After the first half AC Roma were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

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. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Sforza in the 53rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Alvaro Sforza put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Ricardo Zorita. In the 61st minute, Alvaro Sforza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. In the 64th minute, Alvaro Sforza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. After 72nd play minutes Alvaro Sforza shot 0-10, a short shot which went by Ricardo Zorita and just under the crossbar into goal. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Alvaro Sforza put it in 0-11 from a short distance just to the right of Ricardo Zorita. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Alvaro Sforza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Alvaro Sforza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 80th minute, Luis Rubio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ricardo Zorita was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alvaro Sforza showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-12 in the 87 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Luque in the 91st minute of play forced AC Roma's goalkeeper Cristoforo Brillante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Alvaro Sforza sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, Javier Della Francesca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Javier Della Francesca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13.