Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Abdika Philip left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Salud y República fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Reyes No notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abdika Philip in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Zorita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdika Philip in the 17th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Reyes No stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Reyes No tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Reyes No had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Salud y República's Abdika Philip got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdika Philip in the 31st minute of play. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdika Philip in the 39th minute of play. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Lorenzo Yepes got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 44th minute, Roben Reyes 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. 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 Moises Fernandino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reyes No in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Nisio Riba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abdika Philip's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reyes No in the 61st minute of play. When Marco Tamayo fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Salvador's protests and gave Marco Tamayo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th minute, Marco Tamayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mauricio Astudillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. With his leg Ricardo Zorita managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Salud y República's Abdika Philip fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reyes No, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. If Reyes No had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mauricio Astudillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdika Philip in the 85th minute. Abdika Philips short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Ricardo Zorita to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Abdika Philip in the 90thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ricardo Zorita, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 92nd minute Reyes No 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reyes No in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. Ricardo Zorita didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 95th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4.