Challenge

C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Honduras's Edmundo Espiga started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Honduras getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Luca Espinar hit a great ball. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Di Matteo, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 8th minute, Arturo Di Matteo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Calenzano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 11 minutes into the match, Honduras's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Di Matteo came free, but Lautaro Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the game, Ahmed Sinan threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Valentín Carvallo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 22ndth minute of the game Arturo Di Matteo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Lautaro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 25 minutes into the game, Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lautaro Navarro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Arturo Di Matteo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Arturo Di Matteo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Arturo Di Matteo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Honduras's Lautaro Navarro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Yaniusky Pardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Calenzano's supporters rose to their feet, but Yaniusky Pardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lautaro Navarro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Honduras's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fedele Alessandrini was slow to take the kick. During this time Calenzano's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Calenzano's corner Comunardo Chizzo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lautaro Navarro quite easily take care of the ball. In the 45th minute, Arturo Di Matteo made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arturo Di Matteo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arturo Di Matteo took the ball and in the 55 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. Enzo Martelli's late challenge caught a Honduras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enzo Martelli helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Calenzano's Enzo Martelli got a free kick in the 57th minute. Arturo Di Matteo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lautaro Navarro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Honduras's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fedele Alessandrini was slow to take the kick. During this time Calenzano's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Fedele Alessandrini got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lautaro Navarro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Di Matteo in the 62nd minute of play. Arturo Di Matteo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Calenzano made a substitution. Alessandro Giocondo replaced Yaniusky Pardo. Calenzano made a substitution. Pierrot Leenpoels replaced Arturo Di Matteo. Edmundo Espiga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Donato Balestra made a huge save. The supporters of Calenzano booed when Honduras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Tafalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. 80 minutes into the game, Christian Sancho threw the ball into play from the sideline. Calenzano's Ahmed Sinan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When Pierrot Leenpoels came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Calenzano 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 Pierrot Leenpoels couldn't finish the play. Pierrot Leenpoels took the ball and in the 85 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 7-0. Valentín Carvallo got a throw-in 88 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Christian Sancho. In the 90th minute Pierrot Leenpoels 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. Pierrot Leenpoels scored 8-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lautaro Navarro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 96 minutes into the match, Calenzano's goalkeeper Donato Balestra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastian Villa. Calenzano's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.