Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, Joshua Curbelo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Salvador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tequila Sunrise the free kick. In the 3rd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Curbelo to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tolek Gecionis. Tolek Gecionis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Jorge Magrina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 12 minutes, Jacek Dudkowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tequila Sunrise's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jacek Dudkowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Malewicz in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Tequila Sunrise's goalkeeper Tolek Gecionis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Moises Fernandino. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Jacek Dudkowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tequila Sunrise's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacek Dudkowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Zorita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 22nd minute of the match Karol Kolano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita skillfully saved the ball. Jacek Dudkowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The nice shot from Moises Fernandino in the 42ndth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Tolek Gecionis had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. 43 minutes into the match, Moises Fernandino notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Tequila Sunrise's Tolek Gecionis. Tolek Gecionis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Moises Fernandino made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Sebastian Malewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Zorita was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The audience was convinced that Sebastian Malewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. When Abram Luque fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Salvador's protests and gave Abram Luque a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th minute, Abram Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abram Luque fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolek Gecionis having to interfere. Tolek Gecionis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Moises Fernandino went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 88 minutes into the game, Jesus Carvallo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Salvador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tequila Sunrise the free kick. After a rather tough play, El Salvador's Jesus Carvallo got a free kick in the 88th minute. Marco Tamayo hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. El Salvador's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.