Challenge

Davelis Cave
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Menelaos Karatsolis made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the PALLINI RULES defense, Edmundo Espiga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marinos Tsounis. The PALLINI RULES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marinos Tsounis should have stopped the shot. After 8 minutes of play, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marinos Tsounis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th match minute, Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moises Tafalla to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute Honduras were awarded a corner. Edmundo Espiga went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Edmundo Espiga almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PALLINI RULES's Marinos Tsounis did a great save. Sebastian Villa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marinos Tsounis having to make a save. In the 23rd minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marinos Tsounis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Menelaos Karatsolis took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Lautaro Navarro to make any attempt to save it. Lefteris Anagnostakis charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lefteris Anagnostakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 29 played minutes PALLINI RULES got a freekick which was hit by Lefteris Anagnostakis. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Sebastian Villa got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After 33 played minutes, PALLINI RULES's Herald Asselberghs shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in PALLINI RULES reached it. The Honduras fans' excitement grew in the 35th match minute when Honduras's Edmundo Espiga looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Herald Asselberghs hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Luca Espinar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lautaro Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Menelaos Karatsolis in the 43rd minute of play. Menelaos Karatsolis hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Edmundo Espiga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marinos Tsounis having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edmundo Espiga to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 53rd minute of play forced PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper Marinos Tsounis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Honduras's Edmundo Espiga in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PALLINI RULES's goalie prevented a goal. 60 minutes into the match, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marinos Tsounis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Herald Asselberghs kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. A hard shot by Edmundo Espiga from long distance, 62 minutes into the match, got Marinos Tsounis's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 63rd minute, Honduras's Sebastian Villa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marinos Tsounis. Marinos Tsounis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. With a little luck, PALLINI RULES's Marinos Tsounis got control of the ball when Sebastian Villa tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 68th minute by Christian Sancho got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Marinos Tsounis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Tafalla in the 72nd minute of play. Marinos Tsounis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 73rd minute. If Edmundo Espiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktoras Chronopoulos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lautaro Navarro having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with Marinos Tsounis in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PALLINI RULES's Marinos Tsounis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save PALLINI RULES from getting a goal against them. Lautaro Navarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktoras Chronopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Moises Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Honduras 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 Moises Tafalla couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Honduras's Esteban Carvallo got a free kick in the 95th minute. When the final whistle sounded Honduras left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than PALLINI RULES.