Challenge

D.C. Abello Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Moises Fernandino kicked off to start the match. Torsten Forsell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Marco Tamayo hit a great ball. Viggo Hellsing received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ricardo Zorita came out and tried to block the shot, but Viggo Hellsing slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. Marco Tamayo kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After 13 minutes, Stig Sjödin made it 2-0 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. After a defensive mix-up in El Salvador's zone, Stig Sjödin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal and Stig Sjödin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 19 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Hellsing came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. Sergej Bártů took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateo Leguizamo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 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 Harald Wikander. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harald Wikander got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 42nd minute Moises Fernandino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergej Bártů saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Luque in the 44th minute of play forced Bantayan BK's goalkeeper Sergej Bártů to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viggo Hellsing, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stig Sjödin to make the kick off. Harald Wikander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 53rd minute Stig Sjödin 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. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Viggo Hellsing went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Harald Wikander took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 62 minutes into the game, Bantayan BK's Stig Sjödin 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, 5-1. In the 68th minute Viggo Hellsing 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. Torsten Forsell hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 73 minutes in the game Douglas Axelsson did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Viggo Hellsing. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sixten Wahlnäs in the 81st minute of play. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig Sjödin in the 84th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Harald Wikander went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. If Viggo Hellsing had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Rubio's late challenge caught a Bantayan BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luis Rubio helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Salvador getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Luis Rubio hit a great ball. Bantayan BK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.