Challenge

Zurlo Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alvise Monti started the match with the kick off. Edmundo Espiga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 4 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Villa. Zurlo Team's Alvise Monti got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sebastian Villa hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Cristoforo Verdecchia's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 14thth minute, Lautaro Navarro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of Honduras booed when Zurlo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristoforo Verdecchia didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Luca Espinar fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Honduras's protests and gave Luca Espinar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th minute, Luca Espinar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 22nd minute, Ciccio Di Loreto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Demetrio Crosta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. If Alvise Monti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Demetrio Crosta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demetrio Crosta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmundo Espiga took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Demetrio Crosta. Demetrio Crosta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 41 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demetrio Crosta was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Demetrio Crosta saved Zurlo Team from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edmundo Espiga to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Tafalla in the 56th minute of play forced Zurlo Team's goalkeeper Demetrio Crosta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 minutes Zurlo Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmundo Espiga who took care of the corner kick. Edmundo Espiga made a great header on Honduras's corner, it was just that Zurlo Team's Demetrio Crosta managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 60th minute, Edmundo Espiga 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 hard shot 62 in the game by Edmundo Espiga from a close distance when the talented Demetrio Crosta managed to make a qualified save. Zurlo Team's players were relieved. Sebastian Villa had several of the Zurlo Team's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 66 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Demetrio Crosta as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 73rd minute, Emanuel Ocampo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 77 minutes into the game, Honduras's Sebastian Villa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Demetrio Crosta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Demetrio Crosta was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zurlo Team's Demetrio Crosta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demetrio Crosta was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Zurlo Team booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Espinar didn't get a good kick on the ball.