Challenge

Sosnowiec Area
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edin Džeko got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. Sosnowiec's zone, Edmundo Espiga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kacper Tobiáš came out of the goal and Edmundo Espiga tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Edin Džeko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edin Džeko in the 7th minute of the match. After 8 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Valentín Carvallo. In the 14th minute, Edin Džeko 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. Valentín Carvallo's late challenge caught a F.C. Sosnowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentín Carvallo helped the player get up and apologised. F.C. Sosnowiec's attentive Massem Mendes managed to snatch the ball when Valentín Carvallo made a throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 23rd minute, Edin Džeko 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. If Leonard Lewkowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of F.C. Sosnowiec booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentín Carvallo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Edin Džeko came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the F.C. Sosnowiec 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 Edin Džeko couldn't finish the play. After 32 minutes, Yu Sha Xu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C. Sosnowiec and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd match minute, F.C. Sosnowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yu Sha Xu to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the match, Edin Džeko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edin Džeko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After 41 minutes of play F.C. Sosnowiec's Yu Sha Xu was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. With his leg Lautaro Navarro managed to avoid a goal in the 45thth minute, when F.C. Sosnowiec's Leonard Lewkowicz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Edmundo Espiga made the kick off in the second half. 60 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Kacper Tobiáš. Edmundo Espiga showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. The throw-in from Edin Džeko in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Valentín Carvallo. F.C. Sosnowiec's Edin Džeko managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Valentín Carvallo in the 71 minute of the game. In the 78th minute, F.C. Sosnowiec's Ulryk Grocholski seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ulryk Grocholski the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of F.C. Sosnowiec protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ulryk Grocholski had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 78 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for F.C. Sosnowiec! F.C. Sosnowiec:s Kacper Tobiáš showed great skill when he stopped Edmundo Espiga:s penalty. Honduras's Valentín Carvallo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Edin Džeko, made in the 82nd minute of the game. The throw-in from Edin Džeko in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Valentín Carvallo. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Edmundo Espiga took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Kacper Tobiáš to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Honduras players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.