Challenge

Manfredi
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Manfredi AFC's Son Banana started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 2 minutes into the match, Manfredi AFC's Qiu Lin Yi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Colombia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 4th minute, when Son Banana scored to the left of an out of position Pedro Manzanares, making the score, 1-0. Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 7th minute of play. Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Vachon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roman Vachon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 22nd minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Qiu Lin Yi got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 28th minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 30th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Qiu Lin Yi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manfredi AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Qiu Lin Yi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 33rd minute, Qiu Lin Yi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manfredi AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After 47 minutes of play, Manfredi AFC's Qiu Lin Yi made it 3-0 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! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abram Sarmiento made a kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Manfredi AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cheng Xiong Ang to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 54th minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Roman Vachon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qiu Lin Yi in the 55th minute of play. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cheng Xiong Ang, made in the 57th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Montenegro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Roman Vachon. That made the score 3-1 in the 58 minute of play. Pascual Carballar was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 61 minutes into the match. After 61 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Colombia! Manfredi AFC made a substitution. Fausto Rafe replaced Son Banana. Manfredi AFC made a substitution. Ladislao Mannie replaced Qiu Lin Yi. 67 minutes into the match, Manfredi AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Roman Vachon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronald Ferenc in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, Abram Sarmiento lined in a short shot 4-2 behind a frustrated Roman Vachon. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Roman Vachon successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 80th minute, Ignacio Mastache 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: 4-3. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronald Ferenc, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Roman Vachon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Santino Seco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 92 played minutes Manfredi AFC got a freekick which was hit by Cheng Xiong Ang. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Rafe, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Manfredi AFC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Colombia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.