Challenge

MCG
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes, Santino Seco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colombia and the Disco Inferno FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Santino Seco hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 7th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dale Gracey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 12 minutes, Greger Lundkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Disco Inferno FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Greger Lundkvist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Greger Lundkvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Ike Pears sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Tafalla in the 17th minute of play forced Disco Inferno FC's goalkeeper Dale Gracey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Disco Inferno FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Cazalla came free, but Dale Gracey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Greger Lundkvist in the 32nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Greger Lundkvist got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 38 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dale Gracey. Disco Inferno FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Dale Gracey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dale Gracey. Disco Inferno FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Greger Lundkvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Greger Lundkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Aaron Mcmurchie came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Disco Inferno FC 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 Aaron Mcmurchie couldn't finish the play. Ike Pears struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Disco Inferno FC. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dale Gracey was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 60 minutes into the match, Greger Lundkvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Greger Lundkvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Greger Lundkvist in the 66th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Orlando Tafalla got a free kick in the 68th minute. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Disco Inferno FC's Abelardo Hustaz was substituted for Greger Lundkvist. In the 72nd match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santino Seco to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ike Pears in the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Hustaz in the 75th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute, Ike Pears left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Disco Inferno FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Dale Gracey threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Abram Secada, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 92 minutes into the game, Ike Pears threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Abram Secada quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 93rd minute, Abram Secada hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abelardo Hustaz took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Disco Inferno FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.