Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eicke Brocker got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Kajetan Meibeck threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Luca Espinar quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christian Sancho in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thorsten Benscheider saved FK Partizani Tirana from getting behind. Edmundo Espiga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Thorsten Benscheider skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind FK Partizani Tirana's goalkeeper Thorsten Benscheider, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sebastian Villa kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. A throw-in in the 15th minute of the game was made by Sascha Hinz with Hubert Simpson as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Franz-Peter Zinn charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Franz-Peter Zinn the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Thorsten Benscheider made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 17th minute. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nico Zeitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zwi Gilgen in the 20th minute of play. 22 minutes into the game, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thorsten Benscheider made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The supporters of FK Partizani Tirana booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Tafalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hubert Simpson scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lautaro Navarro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 29 minutes into the game, Kajetan Meibeck threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Esteban Carvallo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Villa in the 31st minute of play forced FK Partizani Tirana's goalkeeper Thorsten Benscheider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nico Zeitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastian Villa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Thorsten Benscheider made a huge save. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edmundo Espiga was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, FK Partizani Tirana's goal looked a bit too open when Moises Tafalla came free, but Thorsten Benscheider reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Esteban Carvallo hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. If Hubert Simpson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nico Zeitz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Lautaro Navarro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. FK Partizani Tirana's Thorsten Benscheider played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Villa in the 64th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thorsten Benscheider was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Godwin Klöckner hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Thorsten Benscheider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 74th minute of the match. Thorsten Benscheider 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 80th minute. Hubert Simpson kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, FK Partizani Tirana's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Villa came free, but Thorsten Benscheider reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thorsten Benscheider took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Kajetan Meibeck in the 88th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Esteban Carvallo. Kajetan Meibeck made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Christian Sancho. Thorsten Benscheider 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 96th minute. FK Partizani Tirana succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Honduras had controlled the match.