Challenge

The Colosseum
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Abram Sarmiento. Ignacio Alvarez's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Pedro Manzanares firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 9th minute, Antoni Proshev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to GARGOYLES getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Afonsinho Fernandes hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ignacio Alvarez got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Slavyan Mechkuev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. In the 18th minute Tim Klack 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. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Alvarez in the 27th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 李永乐 Appleton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valko Nanyov'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 39th minute of play. Slavyan Mechkuev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. A throw-in in the 45th minute of the game was made by Afonsinho Fernandes with Valko Nanyov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Ignacio Alvarez tried to sneak it across the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ignacio Alvarez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nayden Vúlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, GARGOYLES's Slavyan Mechkuev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Axel Montenegro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 61stth minute tested the skills of Nayden Vúlev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Nayden Vúlev in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavyan Mechkuev in the 65th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Ignacio Alvarez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. The throw-in from Afonsinho Fernandes in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Samuel Navarro. Tim Klack'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. Tim Klack helped the player get up and apologised. Tim Klack kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, GARGOYLES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonsinho Fernandes to maneuver through the defense. Joshua Garrido took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nayden Vúlev. Nayden Vúlev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Antonio Sciotto kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. With a little luck, GARGOYLES's Nayden Vúlev got control of the ball when Orlando Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after GARGOYLES's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kevin Mastache took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Kevin Mastache got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nayden Vúlev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 91 minutes into the game, Colombia's Abram Secada nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nayden Vúlev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. In the 95th minute, Ignacio Mastache made a precise shot to the right of Nayden Vúlev. GARGOYLES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-3. There was no doubt that GARGOYLES were the better team. GARGOYLES's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.