Challenge

Andarilhos Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Antony Bruno took the kick off in the first half of the match. Antony Bruno blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. In the 10th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jon Oblak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jon Oblak was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 17 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fu Han Qiang. Jon Oblak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 18th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Fu Han Qiang notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jon Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, Andarilhos's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Jon Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 38th minute of play forced Andarilhos's goalkeeper Jon Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jon Oblak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Pascual Carballar got a free kick in the 43rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abram Sarmiento in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jon Oblak saved Andarilhos from getting behind. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antony Bruno in the 52nd minute of play. Andarilhos's Jon Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 54th minute of play. Jon Oblak made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. In the 58th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jon Oblak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Severino Figueira threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Severino Figueira made in the 65th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jorge Ruas however managed to control. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Jon Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 70th minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Andarilhos's goalkeeper Jon Oblak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Secada. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 77th minute of play forced Andarilhos's goalkeeper Jon Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andarilhos's Jon Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Cazalla in the 83rd minute of play. In the 87th minute, Ignacio Mastache ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jon Oblak was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Andarilhos's Jürgen Behnke was substituted for Antony Bruno. In the 93rd minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Kevin Mastache went to the cornerflag to take it. Luís Espinosa's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Espinosa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th match minute, Andarilhos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Espinosa to maneuver through the defense. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.