Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benedicto Bihar got the match started through his kick off. Abram Sarmiento's late challenge caught a Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abram Sarmiento helped the player get up and apologised. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benedicto Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benedicto Bihar scored 0-1 in the 4th 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. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Batıkan Muhsin 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 Benedicto Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Batıkan Muhsin made a huge save. In the 20th match minute, Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcel Méjean to maneuver through the defense. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Batıkan Muhsin made a huge save. Axel Montenegro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 23rdth minute, Batıkan Muhsin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Batıkan Muhsin was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Batıkan Muhsin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC from getting a goal against them. Batıkan Muhsin was a little too slow when Abram Sarmiento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Batıkan Muhsin in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Benedicto Bihar. But to his dismay, Benedicto Bihar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Batıkan Muhsin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 35th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Batıkan Muhsin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 44th minute Seçkin Öksüzoğlu 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 Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Seçkin Öksüzoğlu in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Seçkin Öksüzoğlu came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abram Sarmiento to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 59 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Seçkin Öksüzoğlu. Kurtuluş Senih hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Abram Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Batıkan Muhsin having to interfere. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Helge Kozub in the 64th minute. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Seçkin Öksüzoğlu in the 68th minute. If Seçkin Öksüzoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 72 minutes, Seçkin Öksüzoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Seçkin Öksüzoğlu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pedro Manzanares was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Kurtuluş Senih capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kurtuluş Senih really showed his touch with that goal: 4-3. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lorenzo James in the 79th minute. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Lorenzo James was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 79th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Lorenzo James got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benedicto Bihar in the 86th minute of play. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Lorenzo James 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. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's Batıkan Muhsin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 95th minute of play. Tᴜʀᴋᴇʏ Lɪᴏɴꜱ FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.