Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Moises Fernandino made the kick off which started today's match. When Joaquim Carvalhais fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rua da Pinga's protests and gave Joaquim Carvalhais a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rua da Pinga's Joaquim Carvalhais got a free kick in the 9th minute. The throw-in from Luis Rubio in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Rua da Pinga's Yuri Vilaça. Rua da Pinga's Armindo Bettencourt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Rua da Pinga from getting a goal against them. Rua da Pinga's Albérico Gouveia managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jorge Magrina in the 15 minute of the game. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim Carvalhais in the 16th minute of play. Jorge Magrina made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Rua da Pinga's Albérico Gouveia. Rua da Pinga's Joaquim Carvalhais got his second yellow card of the match in the 21st minute. The referee ordered Joaquim Carvalhais off the ground. Joaquim Carvalhais hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Armindo Bettencourt was a little too slow when Jesus Carvallo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 30 played minutes Rua da Pinga got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Garcia. In the 32nd minute, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Armindo Bettencourt. Armindo Bettencourt yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. El Salvador's Valentino Ferrant got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rua da Pinga's attentive Yuri Vilaça managed to snatch the ball when Luis Rubio made a throw-in in the 37th minute of the game. Moises Fernandino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 41st minute, Marco Tamayo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armindo Bettencourt. The goal made the score 3-0. Abram Luque kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Luis Rubio fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 47th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentino Ferrant in the 54th minute of play forced Rua da Pinga's goalkeeper Armindo Bettencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 55 minutes, Abram Luque made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Rua da Pinga's Armindo Bettencourt tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Abram Luque took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Armindo Bettencourt. Armindo Bettencourt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. 63 minutes into the game, Luis Rubio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Rua da Pinga's Yuri Vilaça quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Armindo Bettencourt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 65th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Moises Fernandino in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armindo Bettencourt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Abram Luque sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 72nd minute of play forced Rua da Pinga's goalkeeper Armindo Bettencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 75 minutes, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Moises Fernandino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Armindo Bettencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Rua da Pinga defense, Moises Fernandino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armindo Bettencourt. The Rua da Pinga fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armindo Bettencourt should have stopped the shot. 85 minutes into the game, João Balsemão was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rua da Pinga's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Salvador the free kick. El Salvador made a substitution. Alonzo Pomar replaced Marco Tamayo. The supporters of Rua da Pinga booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateo Leguizamo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When El Salvador's Moises Fernandino in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rua da Pinga's goalie prevented a goal. Mateo Leguizamo's late challenge caught a Rua da Pinga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mateo Leguizamo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Rua da Pinga booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateo Leguizamo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joshua Curbelo made in the 95th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Abram Luque however managed to control. Armindo Bettencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Luque in the 97th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. El Salvador had played much better football throughout.