Challenge

Ale Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) El Salvador's Moises Fernandino 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. Parma Exiles's Ashley Knight-Percival got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Kirk Perkins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Damian Thurman 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. Mateo Leguizamo made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Parma Exiles's Damian Thurman. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. In the 25th minute, Jesus Carvallo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Russ Hunter in the 29th minute. John-Paul Faulkner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 31st minute of play. Russ Hunter hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Abram Luque recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abram Luque struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. John-Paul Faulkner didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Salvador. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Thurman in the 47th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Damian Thurman to strike the kick off in the second half. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Russ Hunter in the 55th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Russ Hunter notched a goal, 2-0, 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. After having played for 62 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. After 66 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abram Luque during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Abram Luque kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Damian Thurman hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When Moises Fernandino came up free with the goalie in the 72nd 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 Moises Fernandino couldn't finish the play. Tyler Warner'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. Tyler Warner helped the player get up and apologised. In the 74th match minute, Parma Exiles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tyler Warner to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Mateo Leguizamo from long distance, 75 minutes into the match, got John-Paul Faulkner's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Mateo Leguizamo hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Camron Harper hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Russ Hunter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Parma Exiles fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Kirk Perkins took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 92nd minute Damian Thurman 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Parma Exiles had won after a very even match.