Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Wladyslaw Hodyl 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. A collision led to ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jedrzej Zawada hit a great ball. Mateo Leguizamo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mikolaj Siekierka having to make a save. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s attentive Olgierd Haszczak managed to snatch the ball when Mateo Leguizamo made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. Moises Fernandino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Abram Luque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute, Moises Fernandino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikolaj Siekierka was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Moises Fernandino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Mikolaj Siekierka made a huge save. The supporters of El Salvador booed when ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wladyslaw Hodyl didn't get a good kick on the ball. 39 minutes into the match, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mikolaj Siekierka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 40th minute, El Salvador's Abram Luque ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mikolaj Siekierka. Mikolaj Siekierka yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Mikolaj Siekierka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Fernandino in the 43rd minute of play. Moises Fernandino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Mikolaj Siekierka made a huge save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

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. A sloppy throw-in by Joshua Curbelo in the 53rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Patryk Dobilas. Mariusz Kajdasz struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Ricardo Zorita didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★. Mikolaj Siekierka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 62nd minute of play. Mikolaj Siekierka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Tamayo in the 65th minute of the match. Mikolaj Siekierka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Fernandino in the 67th minute of the match. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Olgierd Haszczak quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mateo Leguizamo, made in the 70th minute of the game. Mikolaj Siekierka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Fernandino in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75th minute, Moises Fernandino made a precise shot to the right of Mikolaj Siekierka. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. 84 minutes into the match, Abram Luque had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mikolaj Siekierka. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Luque was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 86th minute of play forced ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goalkeeper Mikolaj Siekierka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mikolaj Siekierka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikolaj Siekierka didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abram Luque went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Moises Fernandino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mikolaj Siekierka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Abram Luque sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of El Salvador booed when ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jedrzej Zawada didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 97th minute, Mateo Leguizamo 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. There was no doubt that El Salvador were the better team. El Salvador's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.