Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off. Lukasz Debkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 10th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Zbyszko Wallach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute Igor Karpinski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lautaro Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Espiga in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lukasz Debkowski saved RKS Raków Cz-wa from getting behind. Lautaro Navarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Schätzle in the 28th minute. Moises Tafalla took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lukasz Debkowski. Lukasz Debkowski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After 33 played minutes RKS Raków Cz-wa got a freekick which was hit by Ebi Smolarek. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Sebastian Villa came up free with the goalie in the 38th 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 Sebastian Villa couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in RKS Raków Cz-wa's zone, Sebastian Villa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lukasz Debkowski came out of the goal and Sebastian Villa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Edmundo Espiga put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Lukasz Debkowski. Ebi Smolarek received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lautaro Navarro came out and tried to block the shot, but Ebi Smolarek slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 46th minute.

53 minutes into the game, Ebi Smolarek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Lautaro Navarro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Honduras's Milagros Cabal suffered a concussion in the 57th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. After 57 minutes, Ebi Smolarek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RKS Raków Cz-wa and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edmundo Espiga struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Lukasz Debkowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Honduras. In the 63rd minute, Edmundo Espiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lukasz Debkowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. In the 68th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lukasz Debkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lukasz Debkowski was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Andreas Schätzle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lautaro Navarro having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Ebi Smolarek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ebi Smolarek in the 79th minute of the match. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedykt Drab, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 87 minutes into the match, RKS Raków Cz-wa's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Espiga came free, but Lukasz Debkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes, Zbyszko Wallach mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RKS Raków Cz-wa and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. Honduras made a substitution. Alexander Costa replaced Luca Espinar. The supporters of Honduras booed when RKS Raków Cz-wa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zbyszko Wallach didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th minute, Honduras's Edmundo Espiga dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-5. Lukasz Debkowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 97th minute. The Honduras players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.