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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tahsin Atacan took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brion Murphy in the 4th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tahsin Atacan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Olgun Oktay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 8 minutes into the game, Abram Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gordon Horgan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Pedro Manzanares managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when COPERNICUS TORUŃ's Olgun Oktay fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Pedro Manzanares was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tahsin Atacan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 14 minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Olgun Oktay sent off a good shot on target. Tahsin Atacan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 25 minutes, Pedro Manzanares successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 27th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gordon Horgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Olgun Oktay. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 34th minute of play forced COPERNICUS TORUŃ's goalkeeper Gordon Horgan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Tahsin Atacan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olgun Oktay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Olgun Oktay took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Pedro Manzanares to make any attempt to save it. 43 minutes into the match, COPERNICUS TORUŃ's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Gordon Horgan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 44th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Axel Montenegro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but COPERNICUS TORUŃ's Gordon Horgan did a great save. Gordon Horgan came out of the goal in the 47th 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 2-2.

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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santino Seco got free with Gordon Horgan in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santino Seco got free with Gordon Horgan in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 55 minutes into the game, Axel Montenegro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gordon Horgan. Axel Montenegro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. Shi Guo Hong kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gordon Horgan, 2-4. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brion Murphy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, COPERNICUS TORUŃ's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Gordon Horgan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gordon Horgan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 74th minute. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 78 minutes into the game, Abram Secada recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gordon Horgan. Abram Secada showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-5. 83 minutes into the match, COPERNICUS TORUŃ's goalkeeper Gordon Horgan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Secada. Kevin Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gordon Horgan having to interfere. After 88 minutes of play, COPERNICUS TORUŃ's Olgun Oktay made it 3-5 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! In the 91st minute Ignacio Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gordon Horgan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Gordon Horgan threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ignacio Mastache, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 97th minute, Santino Seco reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gordon Horgan. The goal made the score 3-6.