Challenge

Beltrán Montenegro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Luis Sánchez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guido Alvarenga went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ediberto Righi having to make a save. Ediberto Righi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Ediberto Righi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. Luis Cazalla made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that lןןl La Coconeta's Ediberto Righi managed to reach the ball for a save. Ediberto Righi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santino Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 19thth minute of the game Abram Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but lןןl La Coconeta's Ediberto Righi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Luis Sánchez. When Colombia's Abram Sarmiento in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye lןןl La Coconeta's goalie prevented a goal. Ediberto Righi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute of the match. Ediberto Righi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Axel Montenegro scored 1-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ediberto Righi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 35th minute of play forced lןןl La Coconeta's goalkeeper Ediberto Righi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Luis Sánchez might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Luis Sánchez ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Luis Sánchez got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guido Alvarenga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Colombia booed when lןןl La Coconeta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luciano Lollo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abram Sarmiento got free with Ediberto Righi in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guido Alvarenga's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, José Luis Sánchez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and José Luis Sánchez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 74th minute José Luis Sánchez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Manzanares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when José Luis Sánchez came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Luis Sánchez in the 78th minute of the match. In the 81st minute Guido Alvarenga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Manzanares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Jorge Jiménez managed to get in a good position for a shot. lןןl La Coconeta's supporters rose to their feet, but Jorge Jiménez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. lןןl La Coconeta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Ignacio Mastache scored to the left of an out of position Ediberto Righi, making the score, 2-3. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guido Alvarenga in the 97th minute of play. When the final whistle went the supporters of Colombia were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant lןןl La Coconeta side.