Challenge

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pascual Carballar in the 6th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abram Sarmiento in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcos Lama saved Veth Crystals from getting behind. Juliusz Januszewski got a throw-in 22 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Erik Persson. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from He Lin Di in the 23rd minute of the match. If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erik Persson in the 28th minute. Pedro Manzanares was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Erik Persson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 28 minute of play. Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Veth Crystals's Erik Persson got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Abram Sarmiento scored 2-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Lama, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Persson in the 38th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Lama was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwidon Patora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute, Erik Persson made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Kevin Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Lama having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Gwidon Patora made the kick off in the second half. Marcos Lama made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 55th minute. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 58th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Marcos Lama in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the game, Axel Montenegro lined in a short shot 3-2 behind a frustrated Marcos Lama. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos-Armando Valderrama in the 67th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Veth Crystals made a substitution. Sebastian Wierzchowski replaced He Lin Di. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Nedas Jameikis was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 76 minutes into the match. Veth Crystals's Florian Ciempa was substituted for Erik Persson. In the 78th match minute, Veth Crystals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nedas Jameikis to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Kevin Mastache in the 78th minute really tested Marcos Lama's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Marcos Lama 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 80th minute. In the 84th minute, Colombia's Abram Secada dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-3. Marcos Lama made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Orlando Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 93 minutes into the match, Veth Crystals's Song Xing broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A throw-in in the 95th minute of the game was made by Juliusz Januszewski with Florian Ciempa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save Veth Crystals from getting a goal against them. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.