Challenge

Monumental
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Honduras's Edmundo Espiga started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ubaldo Pueblo came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Lautaro Navarro could save by the left post. 6 minutes into the match, Ramblones 91218's Joaquin Onofre sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lautaro Navarro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Honduras's attentive Esteban Carvallo managed to snatch the ball when Frode Ophaug made a throw-in in the 8th minute of the game. Ubaldo Pueblo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lautaro Navarro came out and tried to block the shot, but Ubaldo Pueblo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. In the 13th minute, Joaquin Onofre fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 15th minute, Joaquin Onofre 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. Calvin Davis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute, Joaquin Onofre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ramblones 91218 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Benjamin Platon struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Lautaro Navarro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ramblones 91218. 27 minutes into the match, Moises Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabricio Gau. Ramblones 91218's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Moises Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Inautzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Inautzi in the 32nd minute of play. Edmundo Espiga scored 2-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabricio Gau, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute Benjamin Platon 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

If Joaquin Onofre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Joaquin Onofre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ubaldo Pueblo in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. 61 minutes into the match, Ubaldo Pueblo notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Honduras's Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Ubaldo Pueblo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lautaro Navarro was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. The Ramblones 91218 fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when Ramblones 91218's Ubaldo Pueblo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquin Onofre, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ramblones 91218's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edmundo Espiga was slow to take the kick. During this time Honduras's players had a chance to rest. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Milagros Cabal during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milagros Cabal to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ubaldo Pueblo went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-2 was the resulting score. In the 84th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Gau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 8-2 when Ubaldo Pueblo sped through Honduras's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The throw-in from Christian Sancho in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ramblones 91218's Pastor Cannava. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquin Onofre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joaquin Onofre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Ramblones 91218 players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.