Challenge

Fadil Vokrri
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abram Sarmiento got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Kevin Mastache was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Colombia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KF RAHOVECI 1931 the free kick. 3 minutes into the game, one of Colombia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 5th minute there was a penalty for KF RAHOVECI 1931. Klas Lundberg stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pedro Manzanares. 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, KF RAHOVECI 1931's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Petras Anusauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Davi Sanches in the 15th minute. Davi Sanches blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. 17 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Davi Sanches came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, KF RAHOVECI 1931's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Petras Anusauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. KF RAHOVECI 1931's Petras Anusauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 22nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, KF RAHOVECI 1931's Cui Yuan Xing got a free kick in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Davi Sanches's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Davi Sanches sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Cui Yuan Xing made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Antonio Indiano. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davi Sanches, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Petras Anusauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 38 minutes, Santino Seco made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. KF RAHOVECI 1931's Petras Anusauskas tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 42 minutes into the match, KF RAHOVECI 1931's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Petras Anusauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Davi Sanches scored 3-2 in the 45th 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. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Davi Sanches stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 58th minute, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-3. Petras Anusauskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Carballar in the 65th minute of the match. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. A sloppy throw-in by Cui Yuan Xing in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Antonio Indiano. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davi Sanches, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After some careless play in the KF RAHOVECI 1931 defense, Abram Secada kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petras Anusauskas. The KF RAHOVECI 1931 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petras Anusauskas should have stopped the shot. After 83 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Klas Lundberg who took care of the corner kick. In the 88th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petras Anusauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Colombia's Antonio Indiano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cui Yuan Xing, made in the 90th minute of the game. With a little luck, KF RAHOVECI 1931's Petras Anusauskas got control of the ball when Abram Secada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.