Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) El Salvador's Moises Fernandino 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, Moises Fernandino made a precise shot to the right of Karol Kopacz. Gortaty's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Iwo Mleczewski charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iwo Mleczewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Gortaty's Iwo Mleczewski got a free kick in the 7th minute. Mateo Leguizamo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 8th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franciszek Wicherek in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Gortaty booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Tamayo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksander Bykowski in the 15th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksander Bykowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Franciszek Wicherek in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. When Benedykt Siembab fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gortaty's protests and gave Benedykt Siembab a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Gortaty's Benedykt Siembab got a free kick in the 25th minute. Gortaty's Benedykt Siembab got his second yellow card of the match in the 26th minute. The referee ordered Benedykt Siembab off the ground. In the 27th minute, Benedykt Siembab hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 38 minutes, Radowit Siedlecki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gortaty and the El Salvador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th match minute, Gortaty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radowit Siedlecki to maneuver through the defense. In the 39th minute, Mateo Leguizamo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Gortaty's Karol Kopacz didn't even have to move. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Marco Tamayo got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After a rather tough play, Gortaty's Grzegorz Wodaszak got a free kick in the 44th minute. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Franciszek Wicherek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Franciszek Wicherek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Franciszek Wicherek to make the kick off. If Franciszek Wicherek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franciszek Wicherek kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. If Franciszek Wicherek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gustaw Basaik made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by El Salvador's Valentino Ferrant. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Aleksander Bykowski took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Ricardo Zorita to make any attempt to save it. Abram Luque fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karol Kopacz having to interfere. Grzegorz Wodaszak charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Grzegorz Wodaszak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Gortaty getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Grzegorz Wodaszak hit a great ball. When Mateo Leguizamo came up free with the goalie in the 80th 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. In the 82nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abram Luque to maneuver through the defense. Franciszek Wicherek's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 85thth minute, Ricardo Zorita skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Franciszek Wicherek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Ricardo Zorita made a huge save. Franciszek Wicherek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Franciszek Wicherek managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gortaty's supporters rose to their feet, but Franciszek Wicherek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Zorita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the final whistle sounded Gortaty left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Salvador.