Challenge

San Giacomo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ron Westerink started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes, Edmundo Espiga made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Bierunese's Jeffrey Siemers tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 7th minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jeffrey Siemers was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After 12 minutes, Huib Alberts mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bierunese and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. Huib Alberts hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The supporters of Honduras booed when Bierunese was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerard Krijnenburg didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Bierunese's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Villa came free, but Jeffrey Siemers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ron Westerink succeeded in the game's 17th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Jeffrey Siemers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 23rd minute of play. Job Zijden made in the 26th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Gerard Krijnenburg immediately put the ball in play. In the 35th minute, one of Honduras:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Honduras. Huib Alberts shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Jeffrey Siemers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

In the 51st minute, Sebastian Villa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Govert Teunisse in the 54th minute of the match. Patrick Timmermans kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with Jeffrey Siemers in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ivan Navarro kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Godfried Zwiers in the 61st minute of play. Job Zijden made in the 66th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Huib Alberts however managed to control. In the 68th minute, Ron Westerink hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bierunese's Jeffrey Siemers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Valentín Carvallo kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. A collision led to Bierunese getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Job Zijden hit a great ball. Luca Espinar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edmundo Espiga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jeffrey Siemers read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. When Honduras's Edmundo Espiga in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bierunese's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 95th minute of play forced Bierunese's goalkeeper Jeffrey Siemers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Bierunese fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Honduras were clearly better and deserved to take the win.