Challenge

Silesia Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento 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. 7 minutes into the match, ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Edmund Konopka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcin Baszczyński could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cezary Duda was slow to take the kick. During this time ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s players had a chance to rest. In the 18th minute, Saturnino Nafarroa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 22nd minute, Cezary Duda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Edmund Konopka didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvise Di Crescenzo in the 31st minute of play. When Colombia's Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edmund Konopka prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 35th minute of play forced ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s goalkeeper Edmund Konopka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcin Baszczyński in the 38th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's Antonio Indiano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Marcin Baszczyński, made in the 41st minute of the game. After 43 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edmund Konopka was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 46 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Navarro. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

53 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Baszczyński came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Axel Montenegros short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Edmund Konopka to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The attack was good, but when Joshua Garrido in the 56th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Tomasz Wojtowicz was substituted for Marcin Baszczyński. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Axel Montenegro took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Edmund Konopka to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Edmund Giemsa got a free kick in the 66th minute. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. In the 70th minute, Cezary Duda made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cezary Duda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saturnino Nafarroa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomasz Wojtowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's Orlando Tafalla quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cezary Duda, made in the 80th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomasz Wojtowicz in the 84th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvise Di Crescenzo in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the game, ★Stadion Śląski Chorzów★™'s Saturnino Nafarroa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-3. Edmund Konopka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 91st minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Saturnino Nafarroa 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 Saturnino Nafarroa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.