Challenge

Arkham Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off. Lautaro Navarro made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Mikael Ståhlberg sent off a good shot on target. Mikael Ståhlberg hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Arkham Legends defense, Moises Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jens-Erik Mattsson. The Arkham Legends fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jens-Erik Mattsson should have stopped the shot. Mikael Ståhlberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Ståhlberg in the 13th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14thth minute of the game Edmundo Espiga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arkham Legends's Jens-Erik Mattsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Honduras's attentive Sebastian Villa managed to snatch the ball when Patric Nyman made a throw-in in the 18th minute of the game. Henrik Möllgren charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henrik Möllgren the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Henrik Möllgren hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. When Edmundo Espiga came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Honduras fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edmundo Espiga couldn't finish the play. After 22 played minutes, Honduras's Luca Espinar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jens-Erik Mattsson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Honduras reached it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zebastian Norström got free with Lautaro Navarro in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jens-Erik Mattsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 26th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikael Ståhlberg in the 29th minute. Moises Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Arkham Legends's Rikard Ahlroth got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After having played for 35 minutes, Edmundo Espiga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmundo Espiga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The throw-in from Patric Nyman in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Valentín Carvallo. Sebastian Villa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 44 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Ocampo. With a little luck, Honduras's Lautaro Navarro got control of the ball when Mikael Ståhlberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 53rd minute Mikael Ståhlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mikael Ståhlberg in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. Edmundo Espiga who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Jens-Erik Mattsson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Sebastian Villa might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jens-Erik Mattsson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sebastian Villa ran back to his position shaking his head. Arkham Legends's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Moises Tafalla scored to the left of an out of position Jens-Erik Mattsson, making the score, 0-2. Edmundo Espiga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jens-Erik Mattsson having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Sebastian Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Honduras's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastian Villa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jens-Erik Mattsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Mikael Ståhlberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Mikael Ståhlberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 72 played minutes Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Luca Espinar. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Luca Espinar got a free kick in the 74th minute. After having played for 75 minutes, Mikael Ståhlberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arkham Legends's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikael Ståhlberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Espinar in the 79th minute of play forced Arkham Legends's goalkeeper Jens-Erik Mattsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Navarro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikael Ståhlberg's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Jens-Erik Mattsson was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Edmundo Espiga capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Edmundo Espiga really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Sebastian Villa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Edmundo Espiga took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Jens-Erik Mattsson to make any attempt to save it. The Arkham Legends fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Honduras were clearly better and deserved to take the win.