Challenge

Estadio Granville
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Leonardo Reynardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. Moises Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jyrki Airisto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Granville's Leonardo Reynardo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ricardo Zorita narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jyrki Airisto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Luque in the 15th minute of play. If Moises Fernandino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abram Luque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Salvador's Abram Luque got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd match minute, Granville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicanor Innocenzio to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Moises Fernandino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jyrki Airisto was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. In the 48th minute Leonardo Reynardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Moises Fernandino was the one to do the kick off. Moises Fernandino's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute, Jyrki Airisto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After having played for 63 minutes, Abram Luque managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abram Luque was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Moises Fernandino might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jyrki Airisto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Moises Fernandino ran back to his position shaking his head. Abram Luque fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jyrki Airisto having to interfere. Granville's Jyrki Airisto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Granville from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute, Abram Luque fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Granville's goalkeeper Jyrki Airisto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.