Challenge

AFA Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edmundo Espiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 played minutes Luo Ying Liang rounded Honduras's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Lautaro Navarro was a little too slow when Staffan Nyberg got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 2-0. Fiori Tasso made in the 12th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Esteban Carvallo. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Naldo in the 14th minute of play. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Ocampo to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Navarro didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 25th minute, which inside left pole to 3-0. After 29 minutes, Luo Ying Liang made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luo Ying Liang in the 40th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Luo Ying Liang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luo Ying Liang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Arnaldo Naldo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 45th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Staffan Nyberg in the 53rd minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AFA Club were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Honduras's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Staffan Nyberg took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Staffan Nyberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lautaro Navarro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. AFA Club made a substitution. Reynaldo Paraibano replaced Marquinhos Nogueira. AFA Club made a substitution. Mariusz Chazen replaced Arnaldo Naldo. In the 64thth minute of the game Sebastian Villa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFA Club's Enrico Longo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Staffan Nyberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Staffan Nyberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fiori Tasso hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fiori Tasso in the 81st minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AFA Club were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after Honduras's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Staffan Nyberg took the corner. The corner led AFA Club's Staffan Nyberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Lautaro Navarro despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Ivan Navarro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Honduras's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AFA Club the free kick. In the 85th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Navarro to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute of the match Staffan Nyberg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lautaro Navarro skillfully saved the ball. Luo Ying Liang might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luo Ying Liang ran back to his position shaking his head. Luo Ying Liang took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lautaro Navarro. Lautaro Navarro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Mariusz Chazen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Henning Norström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Honduras's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.