Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) VAMO ARRIBA's Piara Gerli 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Piara Gerli in the 2nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Zorita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 6 minutes into the game, VAMO ARRIBA's Piara Gerli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piara Gerli in the 13th minute of play. After 17 minutes, Ezequiel Demesio made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd minute, Piara Gerli made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Valentino Ferrant's late challenge caught a VAMO ARRIBA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentino Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Valentino Ferrant hit a great ball. In the 28th minute Zoltán Battai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Moises Fernandino struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Aquiles Ellande didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Salvador. Moises Fernandino charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Moises Fernandino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino got a free kick in the 36th minute. The audience was convinced that Piara Gerli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. 44 minutes into the game, VAMO ARRIBA's Rene Egoitz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Egoitz in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Moises Fernandino made a kick off. Ricardo Zorita was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Piara Gerli capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Piara Gerli really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. After 58 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Yepes. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rene Egoitz went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. El Salvador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Rene Egoitz scored to the left of an out of position Ricardo Zorita, making the score, 0-8. VAMO ARRIBA's Ysmael Tercero was substituted for Zoltán Battai. When Ysmael Tercero came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the VAMO ARRIBA 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 Ysmael Tercero couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Piara Gerli in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. 70 minutes into the match, Ysmael Tercero dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ricardo Zorita, 0-9. 0-10 became the score in the 73rd minute when Rene Egoitz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Piara Gerli. The crowd rose to their feet as Piara Gerli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 0-12 in the 87 minute of play. In the 90th minute, Ezequiel Demesio 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. 92 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Piara Gerli came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute, El Salvador's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ysmael Tercero fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Eusebio Pacho made in the 95th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alonzo Gartxot. Marco Tamayo hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. VAMO ARRIBA played a much better game than El Salvador and deserved their victory. The El Salvador players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.