Challenge

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmundo Espiga got the match started through his kick off. 16 minutes into the game, Edmundo Espiga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Wojtek Szczęsny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nichifor Codruț sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nichifor Codruț in the 21st minute of the match. Braulio Castel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lautaro Navarro having to make a save. Valentín Carvallo made in the 29th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C.BARLAD's Marcu Filimon. Honduras's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edmundo Espiga in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes in the game Valentín Carvallo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Moises Tafalla. In the 38th minute, Nichifor Codruț left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C.BARLAD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. When Nichifor Codruț came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the F.C.BARLAD 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 Nichifor Codruț couldn't finish the play. After having played for 43 minutes, Nichifor Codruț managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C.BARLAD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nichifor Codruț was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 46 minutes, Nichifor Codruț managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C.BARLAD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nichifor Codruț was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The wind increased when Braulio Castel made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Codruț in the 51st minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute of the game Christian Sancho made a throw-in which Esteban Carvallo played forward. Sebastian Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wojtek Szczęsny having to interfere. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Castel in the 59th minute of play. Valentín Carvallo's late challenge caught a F.C.BARLAD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentín Carvallo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Valentín Carvallo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Braulio Castel in the 63rd minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lautaro Navarro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 67 played minutes F.C.BARLAD got a freekick which was hit by Eric Pârlea. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Codruț in the 71st minute of play forced Honduras's goalkeeper Lautaro Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 minutes, Ştefan Bara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C.BARLAD and the Honduras players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 76 played minutes F.C.BARLAD got a freekick which was hit by Ştefan Bara. Wojtek Szczęsny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentín Carvallo in the 77th minute of play. After a rather tough play, F.C.BARLAD's Valentin Verzea got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 83rd minute, Nichifor Codruț made a precise shot to the right of Lautaro Navarro. Honduras's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. F.C.BARLAD's Marcu Filimon quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Valentín Carvallo, made in the 87th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Xavier Costa in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wojtek Szczęsny saved F.C.BARLAD from getting behind. Lautaro Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Castel in the 94th minute of the match. Moises Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Wojtek Szczęsny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. F.C.BARLAD were victorious despite being under pressure from Honduras for much of the match.