Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santiago Abreu got the match started through his kick off. After 6 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Sha who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Celestiales's Albano Millan to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albano Millan in the 8th minute of play. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Abram Sarmiento sped through Celestiales's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Iker Madrid. Celestiales's Santiago Abreu got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Santiago Abreu might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Santiago Abreu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 14th minute of the match, Santiago Abreu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pedro Manzanares was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Iker Madrid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Celestiales's Declan Rice managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luis Cazalla in the 17 minute of the game. Luis Cazalla hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 23rd minute of the match. Celestiales's Santiago Abreu was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 27th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 30th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Colombia's attentive Antonio Indiano managed to snatch the ball when Jose Bero made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Santiago Abreu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 3-1 in the 34 minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jiang Sha in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Santiago Abreu tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 39 in the game by Santiago Abreu from a close distance when the talented Pedro Manzanares managed to make a qualified save. Colombia's players were relieved. After a rather tough play, Celestiales's Jose Bero got a free kick in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iker Madrid having to make a save. In the 51st minute of the match, Axel Montenegro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Iker Madrid was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 52nd minute Santiago Abreu 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Montenegro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Iker Madrid. That made the score 4-2 in the 60 minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Jiang Sha came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jiang Sha in the 65th minute of the match. Iker Madrid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 69th minute of play. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Iker Madrid made a huge save. Celestiales's Iker Madrid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 73rd minute of play. With his leg Iker Madrid managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Colombia's Axel Montenegro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Iker Madrid made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiang Sha in the 84th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Jiang Sha 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 89th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 93 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iker Madrid was left in no man's land by his defense there! Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro.