Challenge

Thamala Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Oskar Kolberg started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Alco FC's goalkeeper Delmiro Filipo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 4th minute Tommy Rudkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, Alco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Delmiro Filipo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Alco FC's Christopher Hökqvist got a free kick in the 6th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Delmiro Filipo saved Alco FC from getting behind. Honduras's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edmundo Espiga in the 8th minute. The corner ended in Edmundo Espiga almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alco FC's Delmiro Filipo did a great save. In the 9th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Sancho to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Alco FC defense, Sebastian Villa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Delmiro Filipo. The Alco FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Delmiro Filipo should have stopped the shot. 23 minutes into the match, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Delmiro Filipo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 25 minutes into the game, Sebastian Villa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Delmiro Filipo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joakim Forssberg kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Markus Brolin made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Valentín Carvallo. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Delmiro Filipo was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 37th minute, Luca Espinar made a precise shot to the right of Delmiro Filipo. Alco FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. If Tommy Rudkvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edmundo Espiga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Alco FC's Markus Pilberg got a free kick in the 51st minute. Alco FC's Delmiro Filipo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute Honduras were awarded a corner. Edmundo Espiga went to the cornerflag to take it. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Christian Sancho got a free kick in the 53rd minute. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Esteban Carvallo hit a great ball. Tommy Rudkvist might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tommy Rudkvist ran back to his position shaking his head. 61 minutes into the game, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Delmiro Filipo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tommy Rudkvist during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Alco FC's Tommy Rudkvist got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Villa in the 68th minute of play forced Alco FC's goalkeeper Delmiro Filipo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sebastian Villa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Delmiro Filipo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tommy Rudkvist in the 74th minute of the match. Oskar Kolberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 91 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Esteban Carvallo. Honduras's Valentín Carvallo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Olof Kihlberg, made in the 93rd minute of the game. Edmundo Espiga scored 0-6 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Delmiro Filipo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match was over Honduras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Alco FC throughout the match.