Challenge

Lions Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo 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. The audience was convinced that Bogumil Pochorylo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Qiao Hong Yi went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogumil Pochorylo in the 13th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 16 minutes, Axel Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colombia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Axel Montenegro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 20th minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lions Of Turks's Bernardo Cidro managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Antonio Indiano in the 23 minute of the game. In the 26th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 30 minutes of play, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abram Sarmiento in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fuat Bayraktaroğlu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 36th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Indiano to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Bernardo Cidro in the 38th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Santino Seco. Axel Montenegro scored 3-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Axel Montenegro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 58 minutes into the game, Antonio Indiano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lions Of Turks's Bernardo Cidro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Bogumil Pochorylo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lions Of Turks fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fuat Bayraktaroğlu having to make a save. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fuat Bayraktaroğlu, 4-2. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bogumil Pochorylo's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. The supporters of Colombia booed when Lions Of Turks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jason Denayer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 86th minute of the match. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lions Of Turks's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kevin Mastache was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. Bogumil Pochorylo kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Lions Of Turks fans cheered their team off the field, for while Colombia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.