Challenge

KORITOTO-VARNA
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Lilko Timov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 8th minute of play. When Orlando Tafalla fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colombia's protests and gave Orlando Tafalla a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th minute, Orlando Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Pedro Manzanares was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eloi Ocomardia showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 18 minute of play. Okaner Kornes got a throw-in 22 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Eloi Ocomardia. A sloppy throw-in by Okaner Kornes in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. The throw-in from Enver Heybetli in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Axel Montenegro made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Lilko Timov managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 30th minute Qiao Qing Ying 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 Kevin Mastache in the 31st minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Lilko Timov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Qiao Qing Ying 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. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Pedro Manzanares successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qiao Qing Ying, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Avram Octavian hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Axel Montenegro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Okaner Kornes kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eloi Ocomardia made a kick off. With his leg Lilko Timov managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Colombia's Axel Montenegro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 53rd minute, Axel Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Lilko Timov. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 56th minute of the match. If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lilko Timov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After 65 minutes of play, Colombia's Kevin Mastache made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lilko Timov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd minute Eloi Ocomardia 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. In the 73rd minute, Rostislav Sitarski made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marian Todorov in the 80th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Marian Todorov 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 3-2. Rostislav Sitarski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Rostislav Sitarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Rostislav Sitarski took the ball and in the 88 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 4-2. The throw-in from Rostislav Sitarski in the 93rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Pascual Carballar. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marian Todorov in the 94th minute of play. Eloi Ocomardia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.