Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luis Avellaneda got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, El Salvador's Abram Luque ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jairo Unai. Jairo Unai yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 12th minute of the game Joshua Curbelo made a throw-in which Abram Luque played forward. In the 14th minute, Abram Luque ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jairo Unai was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Moises Fernandino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Jairo Unai made a huge save. Mateo Leguizamo hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Luis Avellaneda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Luis Avellaneda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Elias Jakue had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Moises Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Jairo Unai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Mateo Leguizamo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Moises Fernandino got free with Jairo Unai in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jairo Unai made an important save on a dangerous shot by Moises Fernandino in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Pontiac Bandit's goalkeeper Jairo Unai, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jairo Unai made an important save on a dangerous shot by Moises Fernandino in the 46th minute.

Moises Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Jairo Unai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Moises Fernandino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 56th minute, Marco Tamayo 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. Jairo Unai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 59th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Abram Luque put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jairo Unai. Joshua Curbelo made in the 64th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Abram Luque. In the 68th minute Moises Fernandino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jairo Unai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mateo Leguizamo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jairo Unai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joshua Curbelo hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Luis Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Jairo Unai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Fernandino in the 83rd minute of the match. A throw-in in the 91st minute of the game was made by Joshua Curbelo with Abram Luque as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 95th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesus Carvallo to maneuver through the defense. When the referee ended the match the El Salvador players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.