Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Crouch went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 14 minutes into the game, Egg Chasers FC's Damian Stonehouse 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, 0-3. Matthew Brookman took the ball and in the 19 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 0-4. In the 23rdth minute of the game Damian Stonehouse 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. Marco Tamayo's late challenge caught a Egg Chasers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marco Tamayo helped the player get up and apologised. Egg Chasers FC's Rex Wall couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 29th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for El Salvador. In the 31st minute Damian Stonehouse 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. Egg Chasers FC were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after El Salvador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rex Wall took the corner. After 34 played minutes Egg Chasers FC got a freekick which was hit by Damian Stonehouse. After 38 minutes of play, Egg Chasers FC's Peter Crouch made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Zorita was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 41st minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Stonehouse came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute Damian Stonehouse 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. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Stonehouse in the 44th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Damian Stonehouse in the 46th 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Damian Stonehouse made a kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Peter Crouch cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Egg Chasers FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Rex Attenborough hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th 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. Fabien Barthez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matthew Brookman came free with the goalkeeper in the 60th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ricardo Zorita could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino got a free kick in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Stonehouse came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute, Egg Chasers FC's Matthew Brookman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. In the 75th minute of the match Egg Chasers FC got a corner. El Salvador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rex Wall ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jesus Carvallo tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Ricardo Zorita. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-9 in the 75th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Egg Chasers FC's Peter Crouch 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, 0-10. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Stonehouse got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Damian Stonehouse kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 0-12 in the 89 minute of play. Matthew Brookman did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-13 to the left of a surprised Ricardo Zorita 92 minutes into the match. When Abram Luque fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Salvador's protests and gave Abram Luque a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Egg Chasers FC booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abram Luque didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded Egg Chasers FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Salvador.