Challenge

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Salvador Hats got the match started through his kick off. Delmar Manex fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. After 5 minutes of play, El Fortín de Floresta's Desiderio Brais 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! Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 13th minute of play. Axel Montenegro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 16thth minute of the game Abram Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Santos Orlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 18th minute of play. Colombia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Salvador Hats scored to the left of an out of position Pedro Manzanares, making the score, 2-0. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Delmar Manex in the 24th minute. Lisandro Martinez made in the 29th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Delmar Manex immediately put the ball in play. Salvador Hats could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Abram Sarmiento recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Santos Orlan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Pedro Manzanares was a little too slow when Cipriano Aguilera got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 3-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Santos Orlan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. 50 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santos Orlan. El Fortín de Floresta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. In the 58th 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: 3-4. In the 63rd match minute, El Fortín de Floresta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delmar Manex to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santos Orlan was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Delmar Manex received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Hector Selmo replaced Delmar Manex. El Fortín de Floresta's Lucio Stanislao was substituted for Desiderio Brais. After 76 minutes of play, El Fortín de Floresta's Cipriano Aguilera made it 4-4 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! 79 minutes into the match, Salvador Hats 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 Salvador Hats was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-4. 82 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacio Mastache. The supporters of El Fortín de Floresta booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Indiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Pascual Carballar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Colombia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Fortín de Floresta the free kick. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Pascual Carballar hit a great ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Selmo in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvador Hats in the 91st minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Cipriano Aguilera 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 Cipriano Aguilera was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-4. El Fortín de Floresta's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.