Challenge

MAURO ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Nicola Zalewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Islam Slimani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Islam Slimani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Honduras's Edmundo Espiga got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Mauro's Barnaba Falke got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 11th minute, Teofil Bara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zbyszek Marud got a throw-in 15 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Stasio Przebendowski. Stasio Przebendowski kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Lu Hong Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 17th minute of the match. Lu Hong Qiang 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 21st minute. When Islam Slimani came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Mauro 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 Islam Slimani couldn't finish the play. With his leg Lautaro Navarro managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when Mauro's Islam Slimani fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Islam Slimani came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Mauro 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 Islam Slimani couldn't finish the play. After 33 played minutes Mauro got a freekick which was hit by Teofil Bara. 40 minutes into the match, Mauro's Islam Slimani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lautaro Navarro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Islam Slimani succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 42nd playminute. In the 47th minute Sebastian Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lu Hong Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Islam Slimani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Honduras's Luca Espinar managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Stasio Przebendowski in the 50 minute of the game. In the 53rd minute, Islam Slimani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th minute Islam Slimani 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. After 66 played minutes Mauro got a freekick which was hit by Teofil Bara. Mauro made a substitution. Adam Zacharczyk replaced Zbyszek Marud. Teofil Bara kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. In the 72nd minute of the match Edmundo Espiga sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lu Hong Qiang skillfully saved the ball. After 73 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Esteban Carvallo. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Sebastian Villa hit a great ball. A collision led to Mauro getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Miroslaw Lanczak hit a great ball. Teofil Bara hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicola Zalewski in the 85th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Nicola Zalewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mauro's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicola Zalewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lautaro Navarro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Islam Slimani might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Islam Slimani ran back to his position shaking his head. For all the effort they put into the match, the Honduras players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Mauro.