Challenge

Rey de Copas
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Colas Valdueza kicked off to start the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Colas Valdueza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Benedicto Ireno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 11th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albino Baladi in the 14th minute of the match. Fernando Seber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Colas Valdueza in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Colas Valdueza was slow to take the kick. During this time C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's players had a chance to rest. Igor Montes made a great header on C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's corner, it was just that Colombia's Pedro Manzanares managed to reach the ball for a save. Márk Stephen did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Pedro Manzanares 28 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Jeremias Felo in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benedicto Ireno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benedicto Ireno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 36th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 39th minute of play forced C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Benedicto Ireno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benedicto Ireno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedicto Ireno having to interfere. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Benedicto Ireno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 43rd minute of play. When Colombia's Axel Montenegro in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalie prevented a goal. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benedicto Ireno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 45th minute of play forced C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Benedicto Ireno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedicto Ireno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Seber in the 54th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Colas Valdueza in the 57th minute of the match. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Colombia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Montenegro couldn't finish the play. 61 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Benedicto Ireno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Montenegro. Axel Montenegro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Benedicto Ireno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albino Baladi in the 65th minute of play. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Pablo Innocenzio was substituted for Fernando Seber. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ made a substitution. Teodosio Montes replaced Márk Stephen. Benedicto Ireno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Secada, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 86 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Benedicto Ireno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Innocenzio, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.