Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Moises Fernandino took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Barrilete Cósmico getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Arnaldo Vistruario hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Moises Fernandino sped through Barrilete Cósmico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luciano Azeari. After 14 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. In the 17th minute Epifanio Orkatz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Barrilete Cósmico's goalkeeper Luciano Azeari had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Moises Fernandino. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Rey in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Epifanio Orkatz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After some careless play in the El Salvador defense, Epifanio Orkatz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. The El Salvador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Zorita should have stopped the shot. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Epifanio Orkatz, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Epifanio Orkatz, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Victoriano Jakes's late challenge caught a El Salvador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victoriano Jakes helped the player get up and apologised. El Salvador's Eliseo Carballo was substituted for Moises Fernandino. The goalkeeper, Luciano Azeari, was totally fooled by El Salvador's Mateo Leguizamo, who 46 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Eliseo Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eliseo Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eliseo Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Barrilete Cósmico's Victoriano Jakes got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 68thth minute of the game Eliseo Carballo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Barrilete Cósmico's Luciano Azeari was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Jonatan Salvatore fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Barrilete Cósmico's protests and gave Jonatan Salvatore a yellow card for diving instead. Luciano Azeari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Carballo in the 69th minute of play. El Salvador's Abram Luque got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Carballo in the 79th minute of play forced Barrilete Cósmico's goalkeeper Luciano Azeari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonatan Cuarto struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Ricardo Zorita didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barrilete Cósmico. Luciano Azeari showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Carballo in the 85th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the game, Mateo Leguizamo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Salvador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Barrilete Cósmico the free kick. After 86 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Mateo Leguizamo. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonatan Cuarto went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Epifanio Orkatz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. In the 96th minute of the match Arnaldo Vistruario shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.