Challenge

Estadio Hacha y Tiza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edmundo Espiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute of the match Metapalo FC got a corner. Honduras's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jacinto Baumar ran over to the corner to take the kick. Honduras's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Roni Arisandy 8 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. In the 11th minute, Stelian Orescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Edmundo Espiga sped through Metapalo FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gavino Belarmo. In the 15th minute, Valentin Negroni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lautaro Navarro was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Honduras's Sebastian Villa pulled a muscle in his leg after 18 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Leif Broman'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. Leif Broman helped the player get up and apologised. Honduras made a substitution. Alexander Costa replaced Sebastian Villa. In the 20th match minute, Metapalo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leif Broman to maneuver through the defense. Gavino Belarmo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 32nd minute, Metapalo FC's Tytus Jaszcz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. In the 35th minute of the match, Valentin Negroni got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lautaro Navarro was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Honduras's goalie and right to Tytus Jaszcz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Honduras's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valentin Negroni got free with Lautaro Navarro in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Jaszcz, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

Metapalo FC's Valentin Negroni got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roni Arisandy in the 54th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Sancho to maneuver through the defense. Epifanio Marques made in the 58th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tytus Jaszcz immediately put the ball in play. The audience was convinced that Valentin Negroni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lautaro Navarro was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roni Arisandy in the 60th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Metapalo FC's Gavino Belarmo got control of the ball when Edmundo Espiga tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Jacinto Baumar came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Metapalo FC 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 Jacinto Baumar couldn't finish the play. When Metapalo FC's Valentin Negroni in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Honduras's goalie prevented a goal. In the 67thth minute of the game Tytus Jaszcz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Lautaro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Jaszcz, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 70th minute, Luca Espinar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Luca Espinar fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Honduras's protests and gave Luca Espinar a yellow card for diving instead. After 77 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Luca Espinar. 81 minutes into the match, Tytus Jaszcz notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Honduras's Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 84th minute, Valentin Negroni made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Negroni in the 88th minute of play. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Jaszcz in the 89th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Arsenio Loramendi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Arsenio Loramendi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.