Challenge

Estadio Rubiteño
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when David Cook took the kick off in the first half of the match. Joel Sirvent sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the match, David Cook had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arbidel Llorente. Rubite FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that David Cook was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Rajiv Pathak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hitzeder Abasalo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Hitzeder Abasalo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rubite FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 17 minutes into the match, Gizon Munoz notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's Rajiv Pathak. Rajiv Pathak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arbidel Llorente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Cook, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hitzeder Abasalo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Rajiv Pathak made a huge save. The Rubite FC fans' excitement grew in the 29th match minute when Rubite FC's Hitzeder Abasalo 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 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Rubite FC booed when Hedy Lamarr Hoppers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Cook didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hitzeder Abasalo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rajiv Pathak having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Emmanuel Cerreri in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's Daniel Rudd. 42 minutes into the game, Rubite FC's Felipe Montaña nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rajiv Pathak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Cook during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Rubite FC booed when Hedy Lamarr Hoppers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Cook didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hitzeder Abasalo came free with the goalkeeper in the 46th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Rajiv Pathak could save by the left post. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hitzeder Abasalo to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Hitzeder Abasalo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rajiv Pathak was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. After some careless play in the Hedy Lamarr Hoppers defense, Hitzeder Abasalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rajiv Pathak. The Hedy Lamarr Hoppers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rajiv Pathak should have stopped the shot. Rajiv Pathak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hitzeder Abasalo went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. After 70 minutes of play, Rubite FC's Gizon Munoz made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rajiv Pathak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hitzeder Abasalo in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rajiv Pathak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rajiv Pathak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hitzeder Abasalo, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sol Gasso during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 80th minute, Sol Gasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Sirvent made in the 84th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lazaro Prieto immediately put the ball in play. After a rather tough play, Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's David Cook got a free kick in the 86th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Cook got free with Arbidel Llorente in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 95th minute, Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's David Cook ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Arbidel Llorente. Arbidel Llorente yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 9-2. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Rubite FC fully deserved thier win.