Challenge

Estadio Diamante
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) ZAFIRO FC's Marco Pero started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Delmiro Donostia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 9 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Donostia came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Delmiro Donostia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Marco Pero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZAFIRO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Pero, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Colombia's Santino Seco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Armando Paredes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 33rdth minute of the game Marco Pero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Armando Paredes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 37 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Pero. 41 minutes into the match, ZAFIRO FC's Marco Pero sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joshua Garrido made in the 44th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Abram Sarmiento however managed to control. If Marco Pero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Colombia were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Argina in the 55th minute of the match. Marco Pero scored 2-2 in the 59th 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. 62 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Pero came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ZAFIRO FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Delmiro Donostia in the 63rd minute. Orlando Tafalla thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Pedro Manzanares, a very annoying self made goal in the 63rd minute which led to 3-2. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Pero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. ZAFIRO FC's attentive Ernesto Nafarroa managed to snatch the ball when Joshua Garrido made a throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game. ZAFIRO FC's Marco Pero got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pascual Carballar hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Armando Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 85th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Marco Pero 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 4-2. In the 90th minute, Marco Pero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZAFIRO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. The throw-in from Wen Song Qian in the 94th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Joshua Garrido. In the 95th minute Marco Pero 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.