Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Sir Alexandria's Nistor Popilean 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. In the 4thth minute of the game Nistor Popilean who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Sir Alexandria's Nistor Popilean nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After 9 minutes, Nistor Popilean made it 0-2 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. Sir Alexandria's Bogdan Şimandan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Sir Alexandria from getting a goal against them. Pompiliu Pociu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nistor Popilean in the 17th minute of play. The supporters of Sir Alexandria booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentino Ferrant didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Pompiliu Pociu notched a goal, 0-3, 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. In the 25th minute, Nistor Popilean made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. If Moises Fernandino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nistor Popilean in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bogdan Şimandan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as El Salvador's Mateo Leguizamo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bogdan Şimandan. That made the score 1-4 after 42 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nistor Popilean in the 45th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Marco Tamayo hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Moises Fernandino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 72nd minute Moises Fernandino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Şimandan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Nistor Popilean 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 1-8. In the 79th minute Nistor Popilean 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. In the 83rd minute Nistor Popilean 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. 86 minutes in the game Domenico Serafini did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tzonyo Viyachki. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Moises Fernandino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bogdan Şimandan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nistor Popilean, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pompiliu Pociu took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-9. Sir Alexandria's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.