Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rick Theisens took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Revenge's Cees Masker got a free kick in the 7th minute. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Gijs ter Averst tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Serge Spiljard 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 19th minute of the game Cees Masker made a throw-in which Rick Theisens played forward. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Revenge's goalkeeper Gijs ter Averst, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 24 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Serge Spiljard came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ate van de Meerakker got a throw-in 26 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Rick Theisens. Marco Arts kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serge Spiljard in the 36th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Revenge's Gijs ter Averst. Gijs ter Averst was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gijs ter Averst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Tafalla in the 46th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Edmundo Espiga made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Sebastian Villa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gijs ter Averst. Revenge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Villa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Gijs ter Averst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Sancho in the 56th minute of the match. Moises Tafalla took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gijs ter Averst. Gijs ter Averst dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. After having played for 61 minutes, Sebastian Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Villa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 64thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Revenge's Gijs ter Averst was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Cees Masker fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Revenge's protests and gave Cees Masker a yellow card for diving instead. After 69 played minutes Revenge got a freekick which was hit by Cees Masker. Honduras's Sebastian Villa got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Ate van de Meerakker in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Luca Espinar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gijs ter Averst saved Revenge from getting behind. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Revenge's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edmundo Espiga was slow to take the kick. During this time Honduras's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Honduras booed when Revenge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Vondel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Honduras booed when Revenge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serge Spiljard didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gijs ter Averst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Sebastian Villa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 90th match minute, Revenge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Vondel to maneuver through the defense. When Edmundo Espiga came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Honduras 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 Edmundo Espiga couldn't finish the play. Gijs ter Averst didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Espiga went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Honduras had played much better football throughout.