Challenge

El Sacro Estadio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gaudencio Medero took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 3rd minute of play forced Sacro Balompié's goalkeeper Urbano Galsino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Sacro Balompié's Jorge Udalaitz seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jorge Udalaitz the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Sacro Balompié protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jorge Udalaitz had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Sacro Balompié:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Honduras:s goal. Sacro Balompié's Urbano Galsino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 10th minute of play. Ivan Navarro made in the 12th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Sebastian Villa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Villa in the 15th minute of play forced Sacro Balompié's goalkeeper Urbano Galsino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urbano Galsino 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 16th minute. It was a well-played corner which Luca Espinar managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 20th minute Luca Espinar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Galsino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute Moises Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Galsino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Edmundo Espiga notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Sacro Balompié's Urbano Galsino. Urbano Galsino was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ivan Navarro made in the 27th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Sebastian Villa immediately put the ball in play. After 29 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbano Galsino was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Placido Iratxo during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 33 played minutes Sacro Balompié got a freekick which was hit by Placido Iratxo. 34 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Urbano Galsino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 37 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbano Galsino was left in no man's land by his defense there! Urbano Galsino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 40th minute of play. After 42 minutes, Esteban Carvallo made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. Sacro Balompié's Urbano Galsino tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 45th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Galsino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Villa in the 46th minute of play forced Sacro Balompié's goalkeeper Urbano Galsino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edmundo Espiga to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Urbano Galsino. Urbano Galsino yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Sebastian Villa scored 0-8 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Urbano Galsino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Urbano Galsino saved Sacro Balompié from getting behind. Sebastian Villa scored 0-9 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Urbano Galsino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Villa got free with Urbano Galsino in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sacro Balompié's Urbano Galsino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Sacro Balompié from getting a goal against them. Urbano Galsino 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 74th minute. In the 75th minute of the match Honduras got a corner. Sacro Balompié'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. Edmundo Espiga let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 79th minute shot 0-12 at rihgt post. Urbano Galsino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edmundo Espiga did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-15 to the left of a surprised Urbano Galsino 91 minutes into the match. In the 94th play minute Edmundo Espiga came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Urbano Galsino. 0-16. When the final whistle sounded Honduras left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sacro Balompié.