Challenge

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Honduras's Edmundo Espiga started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mihail Tomozei was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. If Sebastian Villa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute, Edmundo Espiga made a precise shot to the right of Mihail Tomozei. F.C.BARLAD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Maxim Cara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Lautaro Navarro made a huge save. Edmundo Espiga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Moises Tafalla got a free kick in the 19th minute. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Luca Espinar hit a great ball. After 25 minutes, Edmundo Espiga made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. F.C.BARLAD's Mihail Tomozei tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Cazimir Stănciulaş fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C.BARLAD's protests and gave Cazimir Stănciulaş a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, F.C.BARLAD's Cazimir Stănciulaş got a free kick in the 30th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Edmundo Espiga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Honduras's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundo Espiga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mihail Tomozei breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mihail Tomozei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Tafalla in the 33rd minute of the match. Mihail Tomozei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. When Cazimir Stănciulaş was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 39 minutes had been played. After 40 played minutes F.C.BARLAD got a freekick which was hit by Cazimir Stănciulaş. F.C.BARLAD's Mihail Tomozei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Tafalla in the 46th minute of play. The F.C.BARLAD players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Honduras were winning 0-4.

The wind increased when Maxim Cara made the kick off in the second half. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Cara in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute Nistor Ghiorman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mihail Tomozei made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Sebastian Villa sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Edmundo Espiga put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Mihail Tomozei. The Honduras fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-6 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Honduras booed when F.C.BARLAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nistor Ghiorman didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Honduras's Sebastian Villa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihail Tomozei. That made the score 0-7 after 67 minutes of play. Edmundo Espiga had several of the F.C.BARLAD's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-8 score and a disappointed Mihail Tomozei as he didn't even see the shot coming. The supporters of F.C.BARLAD booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Tafalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Cara in the 80th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Edmundo Espiga 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with Mihail Tomozei in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Moises Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Honduras 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 Moises Tafalla couldn't finish the play. The F.C.BARLAD fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Honduras were clearly better and deserved to take the win.