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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christian Almkvist kicked off to start the match. Saul Roman might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Saul Roman ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Christian Almkvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Almkvist. 12 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Giorgio March reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, Orlando Tafalla threw the ball into play from the sideline. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Lu Fan Xi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bonifacio Abascal in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Saul Roman fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 23 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Giorgio March reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute, Pascual Carballar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Giorgio March was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Giorgio March came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. But to his dismay, Axel Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The crowd rose to their feet as C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Christian Almkvist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 2-2 after 33 minutes of play. After 35 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Abram Sarmiento. In the 40thth minute of the game Abram Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Giorgio March was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Almkvist in the 41st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Bonifacio Abascal kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 3-2 in the 42 minute of play. A collision led to C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Bonifacio Abascal hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

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. With a little luck, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Giorgio March got control of the ball when Abram Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. Christian Almkvist scored 4-2 in the 54th 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. Lu Fan Xi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Giorgio March got control of the ball when Abram Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Pascual Carballar hit a great ball. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Jairo Montes was substituted for Christian Almkvist. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 made a substitution. Alessandro Del Piero replaced Bonifacio Abascal. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. In the 67th minute, Pascual Carballar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kevin Mastache succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-3 in the 70th playminute. 73 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Jairo Montes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The corner led to C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Victor Unesson getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The audience was convinced that Jairo Montes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. In the 80th minute of the match, Abram Secada tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Giorgio March saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 82 minutes of play, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Jairo Montes made it 5-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Cazalla kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Jairo Montes took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-3.