Challenge

MOUNTAIN ARENA
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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ertan Duman in the 3rd minute of play. Ertan Duman scored 1-0 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Besim Vecdet, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Besim Vecdet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the match, Santino Seco notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Gottfrid Hedström. Gottfrid Hedström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gottfrid Hedström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gottfrid Hedström 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 25th minute. In the 26th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Montenegro ran over to the corner to take the kick. 27 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ertan Duman. In the 30th minute, Colombia's Samuel Navarro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Samuel Navarro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Colombia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Samuel Navarro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 29th minute, one of Colombia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Colombia. After a rather tough play, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Aiakos Vardakas got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 36 minutes into the game, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gottfrid Hedström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Pedro Manzanares didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 39th minute, which inside left pole to 2-2. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. In the 45th play minute Ertan Duman came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Manzanares. 3-2.

54 minutes into the game, Luis Cazalla threw the ball into play from the sideline. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Yu Ting quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ertan Duman'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 54th minute of play. Kevin Mastache hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Ertan Duman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper Gottfrid Hedström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kevin Mastache. 59 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Besim Vecdet came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's attentive Pavlos Belesis managed to snatch the ball when Luis Cazalla made a throw-in in the 63rd minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, Besim Vecdet 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 Besim Vecdet was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ made a substitution. Cao Jun Yan replaced Ertan Duman. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ made a substitution. Ibn Serkan replaced Oliver Bogren. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 71st minute of play forced ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's goalkeeper Gottfrid Hedström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gottfrid Hedström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 76th minute of play. In the 80th minute Cao Jun Yan 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. Stasio Plachetka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Cao Jun Yan 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's attentive Kevin Mastache managed to snatch the ball when Aiakos Vardakas made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. Ignacio Mastache scored 5-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gottfrid Hedström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cao Jun Yan in the 92nd 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. Tassos Poulakis lost his temper 93 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of Colombia booed when ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tassos Poulakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 96th minute Luis Cazalla managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.