Challenge

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Damian Paraszczuk kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Damian Paraszczuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Damian Paraszczuk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. When Tadeusz Psotka came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the 【№1】Galactic Empire fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tadeusz Psotka couldn't finish the play. Joshua Garrido recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 13 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damian Paraszczuk. In the 14th minute Tadeusz Psotka 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. Damian Paraszczuk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. 【№1】Galactic Empire's 鲁明博 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 17th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 严然诚 in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 鲁明博 was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 鲁明博. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. 24 minutes into the match, 【№1】Galactic Empire's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but 鲁明博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tadeusz Psotka received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Manzanares came out and tried to block the shot, but Tadeusz Psotka slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 27th minute. 鲁明博 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 鲁明博 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 31st minute. 33 minutes into the match, 【№1】Galactic Empire's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but 鲁明博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by 严然诚 in the 36th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Orlando Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Marcin Trzaskoma in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. In the 45th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 鲁明博 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, one of 【№1】Galactic Empire:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 【№1】Galactic Empire. 【№1】Galactic Empire:s 鲁明博 showed great skill when he stopped Axel Montenegro:s penalty. 52 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 鲁明博, 2-1. 鲁明博 made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 59th minute of play forced 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 鲁明博 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Colombia's Axel Montenegro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 鲁明博. 鲁明博 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Garrido in the 71st minute of play forced 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 鲁明博 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Joshua Garrido ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 鲁明博 was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Damian Paraszczuk put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. In the 78th minute, Tadeusz Psotka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Paraszczuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tadeusz Psotka's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. A collision led to 【№1】Galactic Empire getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Alessandro Formica hit a great ball. Piti Hidalgo charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Piti Hidalgo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Colombia booed when 【№1】Galactic Empire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Piti Hidalgo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Paraszczuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Damian Paraszczuk made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-3. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. 【№1】Galactic Empire had won after a very even match.