Challenge

San Giorgio
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abram Sarmiento took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Axel Montenegro fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colombia's protests and gave Axel Montenegro a yellow card for diving instead. After 3 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Axel Montenegro. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Attilio Bordon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Attilio Bordon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Attilio Bordon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. The corner went over the outstretched arms of forsal FC's goalie and right to Abram Sarmiento. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. forsal FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Attilio Bordon got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 17 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. Válter Tasso was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20thth minute of the game Axel Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but forsal FC's Válter Tasso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. forsal FC's Válter Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 25th minute of play. Attilio Pani received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Manzanares came out and tried to block the shot, but Attilio Pani slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 26th minute. forsal FC's Válter Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 31st minute of play. Axel Montenegro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 42nd minute, Axel Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Válter Tasso was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Attilio Pani was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Abram Sarmiento put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Válter Tasso. 59 minutes into the match, forsal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Válter Tasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Axel Montenegro took a quick shot and it went in 3-4 without a chance for Válter Tasso to make any attempt to save it. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Attilio Pani, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Emiliano Lucchetta might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emiliano Lucchetta ran back to his position shaking his head. If Attilio Pani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emiliano Lucchetta went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. The supporters of Colombia booed when forsal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christian Fabiani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Attilio Pani blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. Válter Tasso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 88th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Lucchetta in the 93rd minute of play. Emiliano Lucchetta's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emiliano Lucchetta helped the player get up and apologised. After 94 played minutes forsal FC got a freekick which was hit by Emiliano Lucchetta.