Wednesday 16th June 2010 - Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit. Att: 32,664
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
LINEUPS:
Honduras (451): Valladares, Mendoza, Izaguine, Chavez, Figueroa, Palacios, Guevara, Nunez (Thomas 85'), Suazo (Welcome 63'), Espinoza, Alvarez (Turcios 63')
Chile (433): Bravo, Jara, Vidal, Ponce, Medel, Carmona, Isla (Tello 85'), Valdivia, Suazo (Paredes 72'), Beausejour, Sanchez (Gonzalez 56')
A feisty encounter kept Mr Maillet busy as he gave out seven yellow cards, two of which terminated
Arturo Vidal's game in stoppage time two minutes before his side would steal all three points with ten men. The first half was full of hard tackling, resulting in bookings for both sides, making it hard for either side to keep possession. So, Honduras'
Amado Guevara took the initiative and, after intercepting a poor pass, ran from his own half dodging tackles as he went before curling the ball into the area.
Claudio Bravo was helpless in his goal and could only watch the ball go in off
Waldo Ponce for an own goal.
Chile were quick to pick themselves up, controlling much of the second half, but before the interval
Isla found himself in space deciding to try his luck from range. The shot beat
Valladares but skimmed the outside of the post. After the restart Honduras were very much on the back foot and only good goalkeeping prevented
Suaso and
Jara from equalising.
Isla was pulling the strings for Chile and he first pulled back for
Gonzalez to shoot on target before finding himself alone on goal shooting through the hands of
Valladeres for a 1-1 scoreline.
The game seemed to die after that, neither side interested in risking what they already had, but there was still late drama to come.
Vidal's first booking came in stoppage time of the first half and his second, that would see the defender miss Chile's next game against Switzerland, again came after the forty-five minutes were up. Honduras were quick to give up the ball where
Valdivia and
Carmona played it between themselves until an opening for substitute
Esteban Paredes presented itself and he finished low past the keeper for a 2-1 shock win.
Honduras 1 - 2 Chile
Goalscorers:
HON Ponce (Own Goal) 16'
CHI Isla 78'
CHI Paredes 90'
Discipline:
CHI Beausejour 10'
CHI Jara 13'
HON Guevera 16'
HON Suazo 23'
CHI Vidal 45'
HON Palacios 68'
CHI Vidal 90' (Off)
Man of the Match:
HON Sergio Mendoza
| GROUP H |
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
| Chile |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
3 |
| Spain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Switzerland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Honduras |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
