Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benny Hill took the kick off in the first half of the match. Benny Hill might have been able to make a better finish in the 2nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benny Hill ran back to his position shaking his head. After 5 minutes of play, FC Draconia's Benny Hill made it 1-0 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! The throw-in from Kevin Mastache in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Draconia's Paco Fernandez-Solino. 22 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Amaury Van den Berge came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It was a well-played corner which Benny Van der Poorten managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 26th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jerome Ngake. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benny Hill to maneuver through the defense. Jerome Ngake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jerome Ngake prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 43 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jerome Ngake narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 45th minute, Samuel Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 1-0.

In the 51st minute of the match, Abram Sarmiento tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jerome Ngake saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 54 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Benny Hill came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 56 minutes in the game Luis Cazalla did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kevin Mastache. Jerome Ngake made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pascual Carballar in the 59th minute. 62 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Montenegro. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 66th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerome Ngake. FC Draconia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Colombia's attentive Antonio Indiano managed to snatch the ball when Denis Serebryanikov made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abram Secada got free with Jerome Ngake in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jerome Ngake was a little too slow when Abram Secada got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 1-2. 86 minutes into the game, Joshua Garrido threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Draconia's Paco Fernandez-Solino quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pedro Manzanares didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Draconia's Gregoire Decorte shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Gregoire Decorte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amaury Van den Berge struck a weak shot in the 92nd 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 FC Draconia. In the 93rd minute Gregoire Decorte 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. Gorbea Castejana charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gorbea Castejana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Draconia's Gorbea Castejana got a free kick in the 94th minute. The Colombia players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC Draconia from taking control. The game ends in a draw.