Challenge

Pablo Comelli
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abram Sarmiento kicked off to start the match. Martin Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 8th minute of the match. Talleres de Escalada's Martin Leheren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 10th minute of play. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 15 minutes in the game Samuel Navarro did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Santino Seco. In the 17th match minute, Talleres de Escalada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thibault Moon to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 18th minute of play forced Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Martin Leheren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kevin Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 25th minute Gonzalo Franco 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. Martin Leheren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 26th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abram Sarmiento in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Martin Leheren prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pedro Manzanares was a little too slow when Rigoberto Argider got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 32nd minute. The score was now 2-0. Kevin Mastache recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Martin Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 37th minute of the match. Martin Leheren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rigoberto Argider. Rigoberto Argider could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. In the 47th minute, Axel Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rigoberto Argider to make the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Leheren was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 59thth minute of the game Rigoberto Argider 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. In the 61st match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Rigoberto Argider stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Rigoberto Argider tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rigoberto Argider in the 63rd minute of play. After 66 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Axel Montenegro. In the 66th minute, Rigoberto Argider got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Talleres de Escalada made a substitution. Ioan Pușcașu replaced Remigio Feliu. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Argider, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 72 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Gonzalo Franco came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Jonny Saran in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Abram Secada. A collision led to Talleres de Escalada getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Verner Nordin hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 92nd minute of play forced Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Martin Leheren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Cazalla hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Rigoberto Argider's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. Colombia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.