Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes 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. After having played for 4 minutes, Reinard Hennes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Twelve Ravens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Reinard Hennes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Reinard Hennes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita. Ricardo Zorita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th minute, Reinard Hennes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Twelve Ravens fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Joshua Curbelo hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Lennart De Coster took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Reinard Hennes might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Zorita. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Reinard Hennes ran back to his position shaking his head. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinard Hennes in the 20th minute of play. 27 minutes into the game, Reinard Hennes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Ricardo Zorita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 29th minute, Reinard Hennes made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Joshua Curbelo kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After 33 minutes, Reinard Hennes made it 0-5 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 37 minutes of play, El Salvador's Abram Luque made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Vanden Broucke was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 44th minute Reinard Hennes 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reinard Hennes in the 45th minute of play. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Moises Fernandino was the one to do the kick off. Reinard Hennes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Zorita having to make a save. Reinard Hennes might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Zorita. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Reinard Hennes ran back to his position shaking his head. 53 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 Reinard Hennes. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reinard Hennes in the 55th minute. Reinard Hennes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ricardo Zorita came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes. But to his dismay, Reinard Hennes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. Joshua Curbelo hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save El Salvador from getting a goal against them. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bjorn Van de Weijer went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. In the 80th minute, Bjorn Van de Weijer 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 1-9. 83 minutes into the match, Bjorn Van de Weijer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Zorita. El Salvador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bjorn Van de Weijer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-10. Bjorn Van de Weijer in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ricardo Zorita, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ricardo Zorita stood somewhat misplaced when Bjorn Van de Weijer came free in front of goal and shot 1-11 to the left of him in the 86 minute. If Pierre Van Hinnendael had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Twelve Ravens booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Curbelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pietro Turrieta hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Twelve Ravens played a much better game than El Salvador and deserved their victory. The El Salvador players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.