Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. In the 5th match minute, A State Of Trance was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radoslaw Pilarski to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the game, A State Of Trance's Gwidon Urban 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. Joshua Curbelo made in the 16th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Abram Luque however managed to control. 21 minutes into the game, Gwidon Urban cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Gwidon Urban put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's Marco Tamayo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Damian Wallach in the 30 minute of the game. In the 38th minute, Gwidon Urban 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 0-4. In the 41st minute, Rafal Cetnar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45thth minute of the game Damian Wallach 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 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 Damian Wallach stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wincent Bielecki'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. Wincent Bielecki helped the player get up and apologised. Wincent Bielecki kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind A State Of Trance's goalkeeper Boruc Sedzikowski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luis Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. A State Of Trance's Damian Wallach got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mateo Leguizamo's late challenge caught a A State Of Trance's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mateo Leguizamo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Mateo Leguizamo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 74th minute of play forced A State Of Trance's goalkeeper Boruc Sedzikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Wallach, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardo Zorita was a little too slow when Damian Wallach got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 85th minute. The score was now 0-6. A collision led to A State Of Trance getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Teobald Walicki hit a great ball. In the 91st minute, Damian Wallach 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. A State Of Trance's Damian Wallach got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 97th minute, Marco Tamayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Aureliusz Peczkowski in the 98th minute really tested Ricardo Zorita's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match was over A State Of Trance could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Salvador throughout the match.