Challenge

Arena Palestra Ceará
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Örjan Björkdahl took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Björkdahl in the 4th minute of play. João Arruda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ademar Rodrigues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clarence Seedorf in the 10th minute of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clarence Seedorf in the 15th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clarence Seedorf in the 19th minute of the match. John Osomo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute of the match. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over John Osomo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's goalkeeper John Osomo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clarence Seedorf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 32nd minute of play forced PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's goalkeeper John Osomo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Clarence Seedorf sent off a good shot on target. John Osomo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 40th minute of the match. John Osomo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 40th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. 46 minutes into the game, Santino Seco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. John Osomo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. After 51 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. John Osomo was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Örjan Björkdahl kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. A throw-in in the 57th minute of the game was made by Ademar Rodrigues with Clarence Seedorf as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Örjan Björkdahl scored 3-2 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. After 73 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. In the 74th minute Ademar Rodrigues 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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Björkdahl in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Mastache in the 82nd minute of play forced PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's goalkeeper John Osomo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Örjan Björkdahl came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the game, Bruno do Vale threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Abram Secada quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. John Osomo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. John Osomo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Dubardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Santino Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Sandro Mandrak managed to get in a good position for a shot. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Sandro Mandrak 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. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.