Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moises Fernandino started the match with the kick off. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beto Márcico in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute Ferdinand Redondo 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. In the 8th minute, Rui Furtado 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 0-1. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beto Márcico in the 13th minute of play. After 18 minutes El Salvador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Silvestre Moise who took care of the corner kick. In the 20th minute, Beto Márcico left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Asesinos Por Naturaleza fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Ricardo Zorita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rui Furtado went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Beto Márcico took the ball and in the 29 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 0-4. Saverio Etxeberri kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Redondo in the 38th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Márcico in the 39th minute of the match. Ricardo Zorita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Márcico in the 42nd minute of the match. Valentino Ferrant's late challenge caught a Asesinos Por Naturaleza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentino Ferrant helped the player get up and apologised. After 44 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Valentino Ferrant. If Ferdinand Redondo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Moises Fernandino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Pablo Lohitzun made a huge save. The El Salvador players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Asesinos Por Naturaleza were winning 0-4.

With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Beto Márcico tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Beto Márcico got free with Ricardo Zorita in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Rui Furtado kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 0-5 in the 59 minute of play. Asesinos Por Naturaleza's Ferdinand Redondo got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita got control of the ball when Rui Furtado tried to sneak it across the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Ferdinand Redondo 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 Ferdinand Redondo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Felipe Ralondo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 76 minutes into the match, Felipe Ralondo notched a goal, 0-7, 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. Abram Luque received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Pablo Lohitzun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Ralondo came free, but Ricardo Zorita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 86 minutes of play, Asesinos Por Naturaleza's Felipe Ralondo made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Zorita was left in no man's land by his defense there! The throw-in from Jorge Magrina in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Asesinos Por Naturaleza's Rui Furtado. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rui Furtado in the 91st minute. In the 94th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Yepes to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Asesinos Por Naturaleza could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Salvador throughout the match.