Challenge

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gwidon Patora fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Kevin Mastache got a free kick in the 5th minute. Carlos-Armando Valderrama received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 10 minutes, Juliusz Januszewski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Veth Crystals and the Colombia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juliusz Januszewski kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erik Persson got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos Lama stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. 2-1 became the score in the 18th minute when Gwidon Patora elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 23rd minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Lama saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcos Lama having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gwidon Patora in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gwidon Patora in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. Marcos Lama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santino Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from He Lin Di, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samuel Navarro kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Marcos Lama stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 35th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Marcos Lama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Veth Crystals getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Song Xing hit a great ball. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Lama read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. After 45 played minutes Veth Crystals got a freekick which was hit by Juliusz Januszewski. Marcos Lama showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 47th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Gwidon Patora made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a free kick in the 54th minute. Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Veth Crystals from getting a goal against them. Axel Montenegro in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcos Lama, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 61st minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Colombia's Luis Cazalla to a score. 2-2 in the 62nd minute. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from He Lin Di in the 64th minute of play. Marcos Lama 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 66th minute. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Persson, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Veth Crystals's Sebastian Wierzchowski was substituted for He Lin Di. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Veth Crystals from getting a goal against them. Pascual Carballar hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gwidon Patora, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Colombia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 82nd minute. Penalty! In the 83rd minute there was a penalty for Veth Crystals. Gwidon Patora stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pedro Manzanares. 3-3. Veth Crystals's Carlos-Armando Valderrama got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Patora in the 90th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Patora 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. 4-3 became the score in the 93rd minute when Sebastian Wierzchowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Wierzchowski in the 96th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.