Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Honduras's Edmundo Espiga 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. Serge Buring made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivan Navarro in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 6th minute of play forced Ágætis Byrjun's goalkeeper Serge Buring to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute Luca Espinar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serge Buring saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Serge Buring showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Villa, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Serge Buring showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 25th minute of the match. After 26 minutes, Valentín Carvallo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Honduras and the Ágætis Byrjun players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th minute Luca Espinar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serge Buring saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Honduras's Serge Buring threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edmundo Espiga, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sjoerd Ottenhof's late challenge caught a Honduras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sjoerd Ottenhof helped the player get up and apologised. Serge Buring came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Honduras's Edmundo Espiga. But to his dismay, Edmundo Espiga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Gerrie Kuijsten hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Serge Buring made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 40th minute of play. When %teams%'s Edmundo Espiga was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 5-0 just inside the left pole, 41 minutes into the game. Serge Buring was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. After a rather tough play, Ágætis Byrjun's Jurgen Oorschot got a free kick in the 44th minute. Honduras's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 46th minute of the game, when Edmundo Espiga after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of Ágætis Byrjun's goal. Edmundo Espiga was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. An unexpected shot in the 47th minute by Sebastian Villa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Gerrie Kuijsten made the kick off in the second half. Serge Buring made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Villa in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Luca Espinar 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: 6-0. In the 57thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ágætis Byrjun's Serge Buring was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Edmundo Espiga sped through Ágætis Byrjun's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Serge Buring. Serge Buring 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 64th minute. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Serge Buring was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 67th minute of the match Honduras got a corner. Ágætis Byrjun's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edmundo Espiga ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 67 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Esteban Carvallo. After 68 minutes, Edmundo Espiga made it 8-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ágætis Byrjun's Serge Buring tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 72 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serge Buring. Ágætis Byrjun's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmundo Espiga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. 75 minutes into the match, Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sjoerd Ottenhof. Ágætis Byrjun's Serge Buring played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Espinar in the 76th minute of play. After 82 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serge Buring was left in no man's land by his defense there! 86 minutes into the match, Ágætis Byrjun's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Serge Buring reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serge Buring showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 88th minute of the match. In the 90th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serge Buring saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Serge Buring 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 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 92nd minute of play forced Ágætis Byrjun's goalkeeper Serge Buring to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serge Buring 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 94th minute. Edmundo Espiga scored 11-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Serge Buring, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Honduras's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.