Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Shao Ting Xing made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, Gustav Ekrot threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Christian Sancho quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 8 minutes into the match, Shao Ting Xing notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Honduras's Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 12th minute, Shao Ting Xing made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Vrasidas Panaretos 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 16th minute. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shao Ting Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shao Ting Xing in the 18th minute of the match. Edmundo Espiga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Vrasidas Panaretos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Vrasidas Panaretos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edmundo Espiga in the 28thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vrasidas Panaretos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shao Ting Xing in the 36th minute of the match. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Honduras's Christian Sancho quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gustav Ekrot, made in the 44th minute of the game. Edmundo Espiga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vrasidas Panaretos having to interfere. In the 46th match minute, Gris Maffian was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harry Engman to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edmundo Espiga to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vrasidas Panaretos was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Carl Giöck in the 65th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Edmundo Espiga. Harry Engman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Gris Maffian getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Harry Engman hit a great ball. A collision led to Gris Maffian getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Harry Engman hit a great ball. In the 83rd match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Navarro to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Shao Ting Xing managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gris Maffian's supporters rose to their feet, but Shao Ting Xing 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. After having played for 88 minutes, Edmundo Espiga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmundo Espiga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gris Maffian's Bianco Sammartano was substituted for Carl Giöck. Vrasidas Panaretos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 93rd minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Gris Maffian had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.