Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Abram Luque 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 LUPI the free kick. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Abram Luque hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Moises Fernandino kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bernardo Orsini. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Bernardo Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Luque in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Beppe Longo 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. Moises Fernandino came free with the goalkeeper in the 14th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Bernardo Orsini could save by the left post. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achille Verdecchia in the 18th minute of the match. After 28 minutes, Alex Abbagnale made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 31 minutes of play, LUPI's Beppe Longo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Zorita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Moises Fernandino in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bernardo Orsini, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Achille Verdecchia fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LUPI's protests and gave Achille Verdecchia a yellow card for diving instead. In the 37th match minute, LUPI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Achille Verdecchia to maneuver through the defense. 40 minutes into the match, El Salvador's Marco Tamayo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernardo Orsini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Moises Fernandino got free with Bernardo Orsini in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Abram Luque took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Bernardo Orsini to make any attempt to save it. Alex Abbagnale struck a weak shot in the 47th 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 LUPI. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Alex Abbagnale took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Ricardo Zorita to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 59 minutes, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Moises Fernandino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bernardo Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Luque in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Moises Fernandino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Orsini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute Alex Abbagnale 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. When Valentino Ferrant came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the El Salvador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Valentino Ferrant couldn't finish the play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of LUPI:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Salvador:s goal. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Abram Luque hit a great ball. Mateo Leguizamo made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LUPI's Beppe Longo. 85 minutes into the match, Moises Fernandino notched a goal, 4-4, to the right of LUPI's Bernardo Orsini. Bernardo Orsini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bianco Attili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 93rd minute of the game Mateo Leguizamo made a throw-in which Moises Fernandino played forward. Beppe Longo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.