Challenge

Muswell Hill
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) 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. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Afşin Derem tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Colombia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Montenegro couldn't finish the play. 7 minutes into the match, Afşin Derem 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 Afşin Derem was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Farid Ayham didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 20th minute, Florencio Harri 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. 23 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Afşin Derem. If Hisham Mumtaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mostafa Malik in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hisham Mumtaz in the 29th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Afşin Derem sent off a good shot on target. Hisham Mumtaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Mostafa Malik 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. 39 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hisham Mumtaz. After 40 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Abram Sarmiento. In the 46th minute, Afşin Derem 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 4-2. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Afşin Derem stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kevin Mastache scored 4-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Farid Ayham, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florencio Harri in the 55th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Farid Ayham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hisham Mumtaz in the 61st minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afşin Derem, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Mostafa Malik kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Farid Ayham 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 63rd minute. If Hisham Mumtaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afşin Derem in the 76th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hisham Mumtaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacio Mastache. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hisham Mumtaz's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. In the 81st minute Afşin Derem 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 Hisham Mumtaz in the 88th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yin Bing, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Atletico Beirut's Afşin Derem got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 94 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pascual Carballar. In the 95th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Kevin Mastache went to the cornerflag to take it.