Challenge

Hellish Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edmundo Espiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. Konstantin Pavelec 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 3rd minute. In the 8th play minute Sebastian Ionășescu came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Lautaro Navarro. 1-0. In the 13thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Hellcats's Konstantin Pavelec was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Nikolaj Balon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jan Spěvák charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jan Spěvák the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Hellcats's Jan Spěvák got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolaj Balon in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Tafalla in the 29th minute of play forced FC Hellcats's goalkeeper Konstantin Pavelec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Nikolaj Balon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikolaj Balon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Lautaro Navarro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Temelko Gopov's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 35thth minute of the game Svatomír Oborný who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Lautaro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Konstantin Pavelec 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 37th minute. Dušan Jiříček kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 43rd minute, Edmundo Espiga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Hellcats's Nikolaj Balon slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lautaro Navarro. That made the score 3-0 after 46 minutes of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Svatomír Oborný stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute of the match, Edmundo Espiga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Konstantin Pavelec saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Temelko Gopov in the 58th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Honduras's Luca Espinar quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mateo Edwardo, made in the 62nd minute of the game. FC Hellcats's Konstantin Pavelec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Tafalla in the 63rd minute of play. Konstantin Pavelec made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Edmundo Espiga sent off a good shot on target. Edmundo Espiga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Konstantin Pavelec made a huge save. FC Hellcats's Konstantin Pavelec proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hellcats from getting a goal against them. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Valentín Carvallo got a free kick in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svatomír Oborný in the 90th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konstantin Pavelec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 91st minute of play. In the 96th minute Sebastian Ionășescu 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. After 96 played minutes FC Hellcats got a freekick which was hit by Jiří Hlavica. FC Hellcats were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Honduras for a fine match.