Challenge

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edward Fransson came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Honduras's Luca Espinar. But to his dismay, Luca Espinar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Christian Sancho made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Pepsi's Pelle Wallengren. In the 13th minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edward Fransson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Edward Fransson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 18th minute of the match. Edward Fransson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, Edmundo Espiga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Honduras fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Edward Fransson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Espiga's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. After some careless play in the FC Pepsi defense, Sebastian Villa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edward Fransson. The FC Pepsi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edward Fransson should have stopped the shot. In the 30thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edward Fransson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Villa in the 31st minute of play. When Edmundo Espiga came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Honduras 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 Edmundo Espiga couldn't finish the play. 33 minutes into the game, Sebastian Villa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Edward Fransson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sebastian Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Edward Fransson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ingvar Albäck during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ingvar Albäck hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 44thth minute of the game Sebastian Villa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 45th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edward Fransson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edmundo Espiga made a kick off. Edmundo Espiga scored 0-6 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edward Fransson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 56thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the game, Sebastian Villa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Edward Fransson. Sebastian Villa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. With his leg Edward Fransson managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 67 minutes into the match, Sebastian Villa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edward Fransson. FC Pepsi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Villa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edward Fransson was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. The Honduras fans' excitement grew in the 74th match minute when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Edward Fransson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Honduras's Sebastian Villa was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 83rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save FC Pepsi from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC Pepsi's Edward Fransson got control of the ball when Edmundo Espiga tried to sneak it across the goal line. 93 minutes in the game Esteban Carvallo got a great opportunity which he missed by shooting outside the goal. Honduras'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.