Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute Ngô Duy 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. Hai Duong's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Đặng Hanh in the 4th minute. Huỳnh Mai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Phuoc got a throw-in 10 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Huỳnh Mai. In the 11th minute Arthur Clarke 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. When Moises Fernandino came up free with the goalie in the 13th 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 Moises Fernandino couldn't finish the play. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Clarke, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Huỳnh Mai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Clarke, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Clarke, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After 33 minutes, Abram Luque mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the Hai Duong players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abram Luque hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the game, Arthur Clarke cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 37th match minute, Hai Duong was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Phuoc to maneuver through the defense. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zumar Villabona's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute, Ngô Duy 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 El Salvador players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Hai Duong were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zumar Villabona was the one to do the kick off. Arthur Clarke scored 0-4 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ricardo Zorita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Abram Luque sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 61 minutes into the match, Arthur Clarke notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Zumar Villabona tried to sneak it across the goal line. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arthur Clarke in the 67th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Arthur Clarke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. El Salvador's Moises Fernandino got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hai Duong's Zumar Villabona got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Osman Şenel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Zumar Villabona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hai Duong fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. If Zumar Villabona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd minute, Marco Tamayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zumar Villabona succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 85th playminute. In the 95th minute, Nguyễn Phuoc 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 0-10. Hai Duong's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.