Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Santiago Sousa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Pais in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Seleção de Macau's David Modesto 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, 0-1. After having played for 24 minutes, Santiago Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seleção de Macau's supporters crossed their fingers, but Santiago Sousa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jesus Carvallo kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 29th minute there was a penalty for Seleção de Macau. Octávio Valentim stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ricardo Zorita. 0-2. In the 32nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Magrina to maneuver through the defense. Seleção de Macau's Octávio Valentim couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for El Salvador. Elias Pais made a great header on Seleção de Macau's corner, it was just that El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 42nd minute Seleção de Macau were awarded a corner. Octávio Valentim went to the cornerflag to take it. After 44 minutes of play, Seleção de Macau's Santiago Sousa made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Zorita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Moises Fernandino to strike the kick off in the second half. Augusto Lousada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 51st minute of play. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Abram Luque got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Valentino Ferrant's late challenge caught a Seleção de Macau's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentino Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of El Salvador:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Seleção de Macau:s goal. Ricardo Zorita had in the 55thth minute some difficulties stopping Octávio Valentim's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Sousa in the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Seleção de Macau's Alberto Castro dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Koča Kola's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ricardo Zorita firmly grabbed it by the left post. With his leg Ricardo Zorita managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Seleção de Macau's Alberto Castro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 68th minute, Alberto Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Ricardo Zorita was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Santiago Sousa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 71 minute of play. Elias Pais received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Lorenzo Yepes got a free kick in the 79th minute. 88 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Sousa came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Koča Kola hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Modesto got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Seleção de Macau getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Mateus Carvalhal hit a great ball. When Mateo Leguizamo came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the El Salvador 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 Mateo Leguizamo couldn't finish the play. The El Salvador fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Seleção de Macau were clearly better and deserved to take the win.