Challenge

Tomas A. Duco
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, Nazil Canay cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nazil Canay, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eustacio Misael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Guns And Roses's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. Santino Seco made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that Guns And Roses's Eustacio Misael managed to reach the ball for a save. Eustacio Misael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Tafalla in the 16th minute of play. The throw-in from Kevin Mastache in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Guns And Roses's Ludomir Banaszak. After 21 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Axel Montenegro. Agustin Txatxu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Axel Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Colombia's supporters rose to their feet, but Axel Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eustacio Misael breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eustacio Misael 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 28th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Agustin Txatxu got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nazil Canay scored 2-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Guns And Roses's Eustacio Misael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 37th minute of play. Guns And Roses were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Segundo Bordat took the corner. The corner led Guns And Roses's Agustin Txatxu to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nazil Canay to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eustacio Misael narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 61st minute, Nazil Canay left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Guns And Roses fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Eustacio Misael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joshua Garrido hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. The supporters of Guns And Roses booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jesús Salvador got a throw-in 78 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Luis Admon. In the 82ndth minute of the game Jesús Salvador who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jesús Salvador scored 4-3 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 88 minutes into the match, Jesús Salvador 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 Jesús Salvador was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. In the 92nd minute, Abram Secada fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Eustacio Misael, passed just outside the right post. Ignacio Mastache kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 92ndth minute. Though ot was a great shot Guns And Roses's keeper Eustacio Misael was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. If Luis Admon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Joshua Garrido. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jesús Salvador in the 95th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Guns And Roses.