Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Moises Tafalla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 7 minutes of play, Honduras's Christian Sancho made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marinos Tsounis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Honduras defense, Menelaos Karatsolis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lautaro Navarro. The Honduras fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lautaro Navarro should have stopped the shot. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Karatsolis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th match minute, PALLINI RULES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peter-Jan Maenhout to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Edmundo Espiga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Honduras's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundo Espiga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marinos Tsounis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 22nd minute of the game Manfred Petersson made a throw-in which Viktoras Chronopoulos played forward. 24 minutes into the match, Honduras's Moises Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marinos Tsounis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Honduras's Milagros Cabal managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Manfred Petersson in the 25 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menelaos Karatsolis in the 27th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Manfred Petersson in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honduras's Christian Sancho. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktoras Sotiriou made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honduras's Moises Tafalla. Marinos Tsounis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Tafalla in the 32nd minute of play. Edmundo Espiga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Marinos Tsounis made a huge save. Christian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menelaos Karatsolis in the 35th minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Valentín Carvallo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menelaos Karatsolis in the 36th minute of the match. PALLINI RULES's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Luca Espinar scored to the left of an out of position Marinos Tsounis, making the score, 3-1. In the 42nd minute, Viktoras Chronopoulos made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Menelaos Karatsolis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Viktoras Sotiriou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Karatsolis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marinos Tsounis saved PALLINI RULES from getting behind. A collision led to PALLINI RULES getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Lefteris Anagnostakis hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Viktoras Chronopoulos during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to PALLINI RULES getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Viktoras Chronopoulos hit a great ball. Luca Espinar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lefteris Anagnostakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 67 minutes into the game, Lefteris Anagnostakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Lautaro Navarro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lefteris Anagnostakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lautaro Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lefteris Anagnostakis ran back to his position shaking his head. Viktoras Chronopoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lautaro Navarro came out and tried to block the shot, but Viktoras Chronopoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 3-4 in the 72nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmundo Espiga in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marinos Tsounis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 77th minute, Edmundo Espiga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Honduras fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-4. When Lefteris Anagnostakis came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the PALLINI RULES 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 Lefteris Anagnostakis couldn't finish the play. Honduras's Christian Sancho managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Manfred Petersson in the 84 minute of the game. In the 84th match minute, PALLINI RULES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peter-Jan Maenhout to maneuver through the defense. Honduras's Edmundo Espiga got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sebastian Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marinos Tsounis having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Moises Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marinos Tsounis was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-5. Despite being the better team, Honduras failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.