Challenge

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Moises Fernandino got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Valerios Voutsas notched a goal, 1-0, 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. Valerios Voutsas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ricardo Zorita came out and tried to block the shot, but Valerios Voutsas slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Nikiforos Fragis made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Moises Fernandino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Valerios Voutsas came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Salvador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Karl-Heinz Schneider was slow to take the kick. During this time Saronida FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Saronida FC's corner Karl-Heinz Schneider fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ricardo Zorita quite easily take care of the ball. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valerios Voutsas in the 19th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valerios Voutsas in the 21st 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. After 24 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. The crowd rose to their feet as Valerios Voutsas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 4-0 in the 25 minute of play. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Valerios Voutsas sped through El Salvador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. In the 32nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abram Luque to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Heinz Schneider got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valerios Voutsas, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The supporters of Saronida FC booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Fernandino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Veniamin Zisimopoulos in the 40th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Veniamin Zisimopoulos in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Karl-Heinz Schneider stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Karl-Heinz Schneider tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valerios Voutsas to make the kick off. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Heinz Schneider in the 51st minute of play. In the 54th minute Valerios Voutsas 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 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valerios Voutsas went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Saronida FC made a substitution. Huang Tian Yun replaced Valerios Voutsas. 61 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Huang Tian Yun came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Saronida FC's Karl-Heinz Schneider 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, 8-0. In the 65th minute, Huang Tian Yun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Saronida FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. 71 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Stelios Skountouflas came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huang Tian Yun in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huang Tian Yun in the 74th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentino Ferrant hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. If Huang Tian Yun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Saronida FC's Huang Tian Yun in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Salvador's goalie prevented a goal. 82 minutes into the game, Egil Siöberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of El Salvador booed when Saronida FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Pacheco didn't get a good kick on the ball. 86 minutes into the game, Saronida FC's Stelios Skountouflas 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, 11-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Heinz Schneider in the 92nd minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Huang Tian Yun's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. In the 94th minute, Karl-Heinz Schneider 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 13-0.