Challenge

Orestes Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Rodney Cunningham started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Indartsu Vega managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orestes Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Indartsu Vega was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodney Cunningham in the 4th minute of play forced Orestes Football Club's goalkeeper Mauro Filipo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mauro Filipo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryan Hodgson in the 5th minute of play. Mauro Filipo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodney Cunningham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauro Filipo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terry Mayfield in the 9th minute of the match. Mauro Filipo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Hodgson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Northern Ireland were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Orestes Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dylan Browne took the corner. Mauro Filipo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryan Hodgson in the 21st minute of the match. Mauro Filipo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodney Cunningham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Orestes Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dylan Browne was slow to take the kick. During this time Northern Ireland's players had a chance to rest. In the 38thth minute of the game Rodney Cunningham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orestes Football Club's Mauro Filipo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mauro Filipo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Hodgson, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Hodgson in the 40th minute of play forced Orestes Football Club's goalkeeper Mauro Filipo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Bryan Hodgson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Filipo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 43 played minutes Orestes Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Serafino Mano. In the 46th minute, Neil Woodman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erubiel Remicio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Terry Mayfield 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. 54 minutes into the match, Orestes Football Club's goalkeeper Mauro Filipo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Neil Woodman. Rodney Cunningham received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mauro Filipo came out and tried to block the shot, but Rodney Cunningham slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 55th minute. In the 59th minute Indartsu Vega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ray Folwill saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Joey England hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ray Folwill took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Indartsu Vega, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauro Filipo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Terry Mayfield in the 62nd minute. Mauro Filipo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodney Cunningham's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Justo Ugaitz hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Dylan Browne took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mauro Filipo. Orestes Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Northern Ireland getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Ronny Theobold hit a great ball. Mauro Filipo didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 74th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. Ray Folwill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erubiel Remicio, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Orestes Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Bryan Hodgson scored to the left of an out of position Mauro Filipo, making the score, 1-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Hodgson in the 91st minute of play forced Orestes Football Club's goalkeeper Mauro Filipo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Bryan Hodgson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mauro Filipo. The goal made the score 1-6. Bryan Hodgson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauro Filipo having to interfere.