Challenge

Spandau Sportpark
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ken Saur kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfred Klimke in the 10th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Tamayo kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Ken Saur was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Spandauer Rain Kings's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Salvador the free kick. The supporters of El Salvador booed when Spandauer Rain Kings was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ken Saur didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 26 minutes of play, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacob Kobel was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Abram Luque managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Abram Luque was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacob Kobel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 35 played minutes Spandauer Rain Kings got a freekick which was hit by Christian Gutting. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manfred Klimke, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Heiko Schmeisser's late challenge caught a El Salvador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Heiko Schmeisser helped the player get up and apologised. Heiko Schmeisser kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. After the first half El Salvador were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Moises Fernandino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Moises Fernandino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Salvador and the Spandauer Rain Kings players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Moises Fernandino hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfred Klimke in the 59th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacob Kobel came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by El Salvador's Moises Fernandino. But to his dismay, Moises Fernandino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Marco Tamayo got a free kick in the 65th minute. After 71 minutes, Christian Gutting mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Spandauer Rain Kings and the El Salvador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Spandauer Rain Kings getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Christian Gutting hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Valentino Ferrant got a free kick in the 78th minute. Ricardo Zorita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ken Saur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Salvador's attentive Jesus Carvallo managed to snatch the ball when Mike Westrich made a throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game. Mateo Leguizamo took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacob Kobel. Jacob Kobel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 86 minutes into the match, Ken Saur notched a goal, 1-3, 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. Jacob Kobel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Moises Fernandino in the 91st minute. If Mateo Leguizamo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Salvador's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.