Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 马卫烨 got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Abram Luque got a free kick in the 4th minute. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 李锋朋 in the 7th minute of play. 李锋朋 hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the match, 马卫烨 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 马卫烨 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. If 乔飞天 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 27th minute, 马卫烨 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 李锋朋 struck a weak shot in the 31st 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 天涯海角. In the 32nd minute, Moises Fernandino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 郑迅城 was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. 36 minutes into the match, Moises Fernandino dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 郑迅城, 3-1. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Abram Luque hit a great ball. In the 41st minute 李锋朋 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. 天涯海角's 顾镇西 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Rubio, made in the 43rd minute of the game. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 马卫烨, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Moises Fernandino made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes in the game Mateo Leguizamo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Moises Fernandino. In the 56th minute, 马卫烨 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 天涯海角 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when 马卫烨 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 李锋朋 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If 崔海国 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st match minute, 天涯海角 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 顾镇西 to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind 天涯海角's goalkeeper 郑迅城, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abram Luque hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. If 崔海国 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Valentino Ferrant got a free kick in the 78th minute. 马卫烨 scored 3-4 in the 82nd 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. When 天涯海角's 马卫烨 in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Salvador's goalie prevented a goal. Marco Tamayo's late challenge caught a 天涯海角's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marco Tamayo helped the player get up and apologised. 96 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when 马卫烨 came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over 天涯海角 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Salvador throughout the match.