Challenge

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmundo Espiga got the match started through his kick off. After 7 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Milagros Cabal. A collision led to MICE F.C. getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Vladimiros Pardalakis hit a great ball. Christos Koumis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Villa in the 10th minute of play. In the 11thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MICE F.C.'s Christos Koumis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sebastian Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Christos Koumis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christos Koumis saved MICE F.C. from getting behind. In the 20th minute, Edmundo Espiga 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: 0-2. 23 minutes into the game, Milagros Cabal threw the ball into play from the sideline. MICE F.C.'s Witold Tuliszewski quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. MICE F.C.'s attentive Witold Tuliszewski managed to snatch the ball when Ivan Navarro made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Valentín Carvallo in the 26th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by MICE F.C.'s Kosmas Spyrakis. Edmundo Espiga took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christos Koumis. Christos Koumis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Valentín Carvallo kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After 32 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christos Koumis was left in no man's land by his defense there! MICE F.C.'s Witold Tuliszewski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Milagros Cabal in the 35 minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christos Koumis saved MICE F.C. from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 39th minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Christos Koumis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Christos Koumis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the MICE F.C. defense, Sebastian Villa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christos Koumis. The MICE F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christos Koumis should have stopped the shot. Christos Koumis 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 45th minute. Christos Koumis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Ocampo in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Honduras were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 51st minute, Edmundo Espiga reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Christos Koumis. The goal made the score 0-6. Christos Koumis 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 55th minute. In the 56th minute of the match Honduras got a corner. MICE F.C.'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. The corner led Honduras's Christian Sancho to fire away a dangerous shot which Christos Koumis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Edmundo Espiga took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Christos Koumis to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Tafalla in the 61st minute of play forced MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Christos Koumis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of MICE F.C.'s Christos Koumis. Christos Koumis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 67 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Villa came free, but Christos Koumis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Honduras's Luca Espinar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christos Koumis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. MICE F.C.'s Christos Koumis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 69th 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 Christos Koumis was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. When Sebastian Villa came up free with the goalie in the 71st 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 Sebastian Villa couldn't finish the play. Edmundo Espiga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Christos Koumis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 74th play minutes Edmundo Espiga shot 0-9, a short shot which went by Christos Koumis and just under the crossbar into goal. Christos Koumis came out of the goal in the 81st 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 0-11. In the 85th minute of the game Milagros Cabal made a throw-in which Sebastian Villa played forward. Christos Koumis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Sancho in the 86th minute of play. Christos Koumis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 87th minute of the match. MICE F.C.'s Christos Koumis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 89th minute of play. Christos Koumis stood somewhat misplaced when Edmundo Espiga came free in front of goal and shot 0-12 to the left of him in the 90 minute. 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 MICE F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Sebastian Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Christos Koumis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Honduras's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.