Challenge

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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. Joe Herring recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Joe Herring received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joe Herring took the ball and in the 12 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 1-0. 18 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerry Lodge. Valencia C.F.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 21st minute, Joe Herring 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 2-1. When Colombia's Axel Montenegro in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Valencia C.F.'s goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascual Carballar in the 30th minute of play forced Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Jerry Lodge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Joe Herring had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joe Herring was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 39th minute, Yuan Wei Han 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. A collision led to Valencia C.F. getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Joe Herring hit a great ball. 47 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Jerry Lodge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joe Herring to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Jerry Lodge threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kevin Mastache, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 53 minutes into the match, Joe Herring notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 57th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Montenegro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jerry Lodge. That made the score 5-2 in the 63 minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Jerry Lodge had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Montenegro. The corner ended in Kevin Mastache almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge did a great save. Joe Herring took the ball and in the 71 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 6-2. A collision led to Valencia C.F. getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Oliver Bean hit a great ball. Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Valencia C.F. from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Joe Herring came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joe Herring sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Valencia C.F. made a substitution. Florentin Gougeon replaced Joe Herring. Valencia C.F. were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.