Challenge

Rabat
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) interface's Tijani Oulmers started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Edmundo Espiga sped through interface's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nizar Boughanem. Sebastian Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Nizar Boughanem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastian Villa took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nizar Boughanem. Nizar Boughanem dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 14 minutes into the game, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nizar Boughanem made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After 19 minutes, Edmundo Espiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Honduras and the interface players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga got a free kick in the 19th minute. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tijani Oulmers in the 20th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in interface's zone, Edmundo Espiga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nizar Boughanem 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. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Sebastian Villa got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Tijani Oulmers charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tijani Oulmers the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 38 minutes into the game, Hakim Ziya was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. interface's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Honduras the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of interface:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Honduras:s goal. In the 39th minute there was a penalty for Honduras. Edmundo Espiga stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nizar Boughanem. 1-4. interface's Soubhi Lahoua got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edmundo Espiga to make the kick off. The supporters of Honduras booed when interface was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hakim Ziya didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Sebastian Villa 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. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amin El Brazi in the 59th minute of play. Othmane Boukemouch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Rochdi Taouni in the 64th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Luca Espinar. 65 minutes into the game, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nizar Boughanem made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. Amin El Brazi kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. After 74 minutes of play interface's Hakim Ziya 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. A collision led to interface getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Hakim Ziya hit a great ball. In the 75th minute, Sebastian Villa 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. In the 81st minute, Rochdi Taouni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nizar Boughanem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moises Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, interface's Othmane Boukemouch got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Rochdi Taouni charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rochdi Taouni the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 89 played minutes interface got a freekick which was hit by Rochdi Taouni. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Nizar Boughanem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nizar Boughanem was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6.