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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 谢铮桦 kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. 何广青'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. 何广青 helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Honduras booed when 中职联-广州恒大 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. 何广青 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Milagros Cabal's late challenge caught a 中职联-广州恒大's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Milagros Cabal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milagros Cabal to maneuver through the defense. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 何广青 in the 13th minute of play. Lautaro Navarro was a little too slow when 周文轩 got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 1-0. The throw-in from 谢铮桦 in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Christian Sancho. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 2-0 when 周文轩 sped through Honduras's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The supporters of Honduras booed when 中职联-广州恒大 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. 何广青 didn't get a good kick on the ball. If 韩明岚 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When 秦诚银 came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the 中职联-广州恒大 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 秦诚银 couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, 中职联-广州恒大's 何广青 got a free kick in the 40th minute. If 周文轩 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 谢铮桦 made in the 45th minute of the game a quick throw-in and 于天皓 immediately put the ball in play. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, 秦诚银 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and 秦诚银 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 周文轩 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Honduras defense, 周文轩 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The Honduras fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lautaro Navarro should have stopped the shot. 于天皓 made in the 53rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Moises Tafalla. When 周文轩 fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 中职联-广州恒大's protests and gave 周文轩 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Honduras booed when 中职联-广州恒大 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. 周文轩 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, 周文轩 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. In the 62nd minute 中职联-广州恒大 were awarded a corner. 谢铮桦 went to the cornerflag to take it. After a rather tough play, 中职联-广州恒大's 郝景默 got a free kick in the 69th minute. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 秦诚银 in the 72nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with 袁奕坤 in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Honduras's Christian Sancho pulled a muscle in his back after 82 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 82 minutes into the game, 于天皓 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 中职联-广州恒大's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Honduras the free kick. Honduras made a substitution. Alexander Costa replaced Christian Sancho. Moises Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. 袁奕坤 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 中职联-广州恒大's attentive 谢铮桦 managed to snatch the ball when Alexander Costa made a throw-in in the 89th minute of the game. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind 中职联-广州恒大's goalkeeper 袁奕坤, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Milagros Cabal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of 中职联-广州恒大 booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Milagros Cabal didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute, 谢铮桦 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. Honduras's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.