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Партизан - арена
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rastislav Bagdanov in the 3rd minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kinsen Escajedo saved Партизан from getting behind. In the 8th minute, Sergey Rudnev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Партизан fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Sergey Rudnev sped through Honduras's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. In the 17th minute, Edmundo Espiga made a precise shot to the right of Kinsen Escajedo. Партизан's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Sergey Rudnev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kinsen Escajedo was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kinsen Escajedo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Партизан's Felice Di Lello got a free kick in the 25th minute. Kinsen Escajedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Felice Di Lello hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Партизан's Felice Di Lello slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lautaro Navarro. That made the score 3-1 after 34 minutes of play. Lautaro Navarro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sergey Rudnev's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Edmundo Espiga might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kinsen Escajedo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edmundo Espiga ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 42nd minute, Rastislav Bagdanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kinsen Escajedo saved Партизан from getting behind.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Felice Di Lello was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute Felice Di Lello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Rudnev, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. A collision led to Партизан getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Rastislav Bagdanov hit a great ball. Партизан made a substitution. Cheslav Aleksandrov replaced Vladimir Tihamirov. The supporters of Honduras booed when Партизан was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rastislav Bagdanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. When André Melin fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Партизан's protests and gave André Melin a yellow card for diving instead. 67 minutes into the game, one of Партизан:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 69 minutes Партизан's goalkeeper Kinsen Escajedo managed, with a little bit of luck, save Edmundo Espiga's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. 69 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kinsen Escajedo, 3-2. Vladimir Mysovsky made in the 75th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rastislav Bagdanov however managed to control. Felice Di Lello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. Партизан made a substitution. Petr Fedotov replaced Stanislav Aleksandrov. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felice Di Lello in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lautaro Navarro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felice Di Lello in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lautaro Navarro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felice Di Lello in the 90th minute of play. After 92 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Honduras! Lautaro Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felice Di Lello went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. When Esteban Carvallo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 101 minutes had been played. The Партизан support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.