Challenge

Catalina Pego
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cao Yao Shi, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Aurelio Lehen 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 10th minute. After 11 played minutes FUF F.C got a freekick which was hit by Jonatan Miro. 12 minutes into the match, FUF F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Aurelio Lehen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Lehen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Axel Montenegro sped through FUF F.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aurelio Lehen. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 18th minute of play forced FUF F.C's goalkeeper Aurelio Lehen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Valentino Ricci managed to get in a good position for a shot. FUF F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Valentino Ricci 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. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentino Ricci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valentino Ricci let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 29th minute shot 2-2 at rihgt post. In the 32nd minute, Sergio Bihar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FUF F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Sergio Bihar sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes into the game, FUF F.C's Sergio Bihar 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, 4-2. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Sergio Bihar tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute, Axel Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 45 minutes into the match, FUF F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Mastache came free, but Aurelio Lehen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kevin Mastache's late challenge caught a FUF F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kevin Mastache helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Mastache to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sergio Bihar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelio Lehen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 56th minute of the match. Aurelio Lehen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 56th minute of the match. In the 61st minute FUF F.C were awarded a corner. Atabek Ula went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on FUF F.C's corner Atabek Ula fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Manzanares quite easily take care of the ball. After 62 minutes of play, FUF F.C's Momo Sampler made it 6-2 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! Momo Sampler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. FUF F.C's Edelmiro Resto was substituted for Zacarias Austin. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. The throw-in from Joshua Garrido in the 68th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FUF F.C's Atabek Ula. FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save FUF F.C from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Momo Sampler kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. Atabek Ula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascual Carballar in the 80th minute of play forced FUF F.C's goalkeeper Aurelio Lehen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Momo Sampler in the 81st minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by FUF F.C's Momo Sampler. But to his dismay, Momo Sampler quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-2. The throw-in from Joshua Garrido in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FUF F.C's Edelmiro Resto. With a little luck, FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen got control of the ball when Kevin Mastache tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 92 played minutes FUF F.C got a freekick which was hit by Atabek Ula. Joshua Garrido made in the 95th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Antonio Indiano immediately put the ball in play. In the 97th minute, Colombia's Ignacio Mastache dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 9-3. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.