Challenge

Adriatico Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento 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. Pedro Manzanares was a little too slow when Paolo Rossi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. Abram Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 14 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Loco Palermo came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Anthony Del Gatto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Montesacro FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Anthony Del Gatto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 20th minute, Axel Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Giacomo Casanova was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Montesacro FC's Anthony Del Gatto quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Cazalla, made in the 33rd minute of the game. Paolo Rossi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Paolo Rossi notched a goal, 2-2, 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. Loco Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Loco Palermo to make the kick off. Paolo Rossi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Montesacro FC's Anthony Del Gatto managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luis Cazalla in the 54 minute of the game. 56 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Paolo Rossi came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Montesacro FC's Anthony Del Gatto managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luis Cazalla in the 61 minute of the game. 66 minutes into the game, Paolo Rossi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. After 70 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kevin Mastache in the 73rd minute. The corner led Colombia's Kevin Mastache to fire away a dangerous shot which Giacomo Casanova despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loco Palermo in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Giacomo Casanova showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 78th minute of the match. Paolo Rossi scored 4-2 in the 81st 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. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Montesacro FC's Paolo Rossi. But to his dismay, Paolo Rossi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. Giacomo Casanova made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Carballar in the 87th minute of play. The throw-in from Juliusz Julien in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Giacomo Casanova made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Secada in the 95th minute of play.