National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Faroe Islands's Símun Heri Dam started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, Richard Ayala notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Faroe Islands's Nenad Mikkelsen. Nenad Mikkelsen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Richard Ayala managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Salvador's supporters rose to their feet, but Richard Ayala was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nenad Mikkelsen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 13 minutes Faroe Islands's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Diego Duarte who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to El Salvador's Richard Ayala getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josue Molina in the 16th minute of play forced Faroe Islands's goalkeeper Nenad Mikkelsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Richard Ayala left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Salvador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 28th minute of the match, Per Dam tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Diego Barraza saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nenad Mikkelsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Ayala in the 29th minute of play. El Salvador were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Faroe Islands's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Diego Duarte took the corner. The corner led El Salvador's Diego Duarte to fire away a dangerous shot which Nenad Mikkelsen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Josue Molina scored 0-3 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nenad Mikkelsen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Diego Duarte came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the El Salvador 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 Diego Duarte couldn't finish the play.

Nenad Mikkelsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Richard Ayala in the 51st minute. In the 52nd match minute, Faroe Islands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jóhann Joensen to maneuver through the defense. Richard Ayala could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Nenad Mikkelsen made a huge save. A hard shot 60 in the game by Richard Ayala from a close distance when the talented Nenad Mikkelsen managed to make a qualified save. Faroe Islands's players were relieved. A hard shot 63 in the game by Richard Ayala from a close distance when the talented Nenad Mikkelsen managed to make a qualified save. Faroe Islands's players were relieved. Richard Ayala who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Nenad Mikkelsen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 71st minute, Diego Duarte got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Faroe Islands's Meinhardt Hansen was substituted for Kristjan Eliasen. El Salvador's Shawn Hurtado was substituted for Josue Molina. Faroe Islands made a substitution. Mikkjal Jacobsen replaced Jann Hansen. In the 77th minute Shawn Hurtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nenad Mikkelsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Richard Ayalas short, quick shot in the 80thth minute got Nenad Mikkelsen to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Salvador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Torkil Joensen was slow to take the kick. During this time Faroe Islands's players had a chance to rest. After 87 minutes of play, El Salvador's Richard Ayala made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nenad Mikkelsen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saul Arellano hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Nenad Mikkelsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shawn Hurtado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Salvador were awarded a corner in the 92th minute after Faroe Islands's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Diego Duarte took the corner. Jóhann Joensen tried in the 93rd minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Nenad Mikkelsen a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-5.