Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sven-Arne Gustafsson got the match started through his kick off. After 6 minutes, Esteban Carvallo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Honduras and the FC Kurdish Warriors players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of Honduras:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Kurdish Warriors:s goal. In the 8th minute there was a penalty for FC Kurdish Warriors. Anthon Svanér stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Lautaro Navarro. 0-1. In the 10th minute, Edmundo Espiga 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. Edmundo Espiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Wictor Hagström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 22 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Wictor Hagström. Edmundo Espiga showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. In the 25th minute, Sven-Arne Gustafsson 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 26 minutes, Niclas Hjälm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kurdish Warriors and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. 33 minutes into the match, FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Wictor Hagström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edmundo Espiga. Sebastian Villa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th 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 Sven-Arne Gustafsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 44th minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sven-Arne Gustafsson in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lautaro Navarro saved Honduras from getting behind. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edmundo Espiga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Edvin Johnsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Esteban Carvallo got his second yellow card in the match during the 55th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Esteban Carvallo got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 63 minutes of play, Honduras's Sebastian Villa made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wictor Hagström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Honduras's attentive Christian Sancho managed to snatch the ball when Niclas Hjälm made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 70th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Niclas Hjälm in the 76th minute. After having played for 78 minutes, Sebastian Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Honduras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Villa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Sebastian Villa came up free with the goalie in the 83rd 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 Sebastian Villa couldn't finish the play. Moises Tafalla 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. Edvin Johnsson'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. Edvin Johnsson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 88th match minute, FC Kurdish Warriors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edvin Johnsson to maneuver through the defense. If Sven-Arne Gustafsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee ended the match the Honduras players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.