Challenge

Arena Cruzeiro
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Zbigniew Zatorski made in the 3rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Simo Mihklisaar. Simo Mihklisaar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Tony Thanos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Pedro Luiz Dantas hit a great ball. Raphael Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Carballar in the 10th minute of the match. If Simo Mihklisaar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raphael Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Sílvio Luiz Vieira kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 35th minute of play forced Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Raphael Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Colombia's Abram Sarmiento fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After 37 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raphael Dantas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Kevin Mastache recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Raphael Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 47th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Kristofer Peck was substituted for Simo Mihklisaar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 53rd minute of play forced Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Raphael Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kevin Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raphael Dantas having to interfere. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Zatorski in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Navarro to maneuver through the defense. In the 65th minute Kristofer Peck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Manzanares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tony Thanos went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Ignacio Mastache let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 81st minute shot 2-2 at rihgt post. Raphael Dantas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Mastache's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. In the 91st minute, Ignacio Mastache got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Raphael Dantas made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Abram Secada sent off a good shot on target. In the 95th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Carballar 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.