Challenge

Santa Rosa Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off. A throw-in in the 7th minute of the game was made by Augusto Alvarenga with Perivaldo Fonseca as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Dinamo Colorado's Tarcisio Mesquita shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 11th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Lautaro Navarro but with some difficulty. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Inácio Marquez was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Inácio Marquez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Sancho in the 19th minute of the match. In the 19th match minute, Dinamo Colorado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Pinho to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez. Inácio Marquez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 25 minutes of play, Dinamo Colorado's Andres D'Alessandro made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lautaro Navarro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Augusto Alvarenga made in the 28th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ruben Paz however managed to control. If Andres D'Alessandro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 36 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Inácio Marquez was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 39 minutes, Edmundo Espiga made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Dinamo Colorado's Inácio Marquez tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 43rd minute, Fernando Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Rafa Teixeira hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Edmundo Espiga might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Inácio Marquez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edmundo Espiga ran back to his position shaking his head. 55 minutes into the game, one of Dinamo Colorado:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When Fernando Pinho fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dinamo Colorado's protests and gave Fernando Pinho a yellow card for diving instead. In the 62nd minute, Fernando Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rafa Teixeira'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. Rafa Teixeira helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Colorado's Rafa Teixeira got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Moises Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Inácio Marquez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. Inácio Marquez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 67th minute of the match. Sebastian Villa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Inácio Marquez made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Inácio Marquez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 73 minutes, Bolívar Colorado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dinamo Colorado and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Navarro got free with Inácio Marquez in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Inácio Marquez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Esteban Carvallo's late challenge caught a Dinamo Colorado's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteban Carvallo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteban Carvallo to maneuver through the defense. After 81 played minutes Dinamo Colorado got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Alvarenga. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Augusto Alvarenga hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Honduras's Moises Tafalla slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Inácio Marquez. That made the score 1-4 after 83 minutes of play. After having played for 88 minutes, Sebastian Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Villa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Agnaldo Mazza hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Edmundo Espiga sped through Dinamo Colorado's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Inácio Marquez. The Dinamo Colorado fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Honduras were clearly better and deserved to take the win.