Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alfredo Ireno started the match with the kick off. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmie Käcker in the 4th minute of play. Alfredo Ireno scored 0-1 in the 7th 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 brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Ireno in the 9th minute of the match. With his leg Edvard Fagerberg managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Colombia's Axel Montenegro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Commander Crowe's Edvard Fagerberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute Bengt-Arne Håkansson 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. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Sitko, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 27th minute, Axel Montenegro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Edvard Fagerberg. The goal made the score 1-1. 30 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Commander Crowe's Edvard Fagerberg. Edvard Fagerberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kevin Mastache kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Bengt-Arne Håkansson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Kevin Mastaches short, quick shot in the 42ndth minute got Edvard Fagerberg to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A nice corner shot did that Axel Montenegro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Edvard Fagerberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cyprian Sitko in the 47th 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. 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 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Jimmie Käcker got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Bengt-Arne Håkansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Commander Crowe's Nicasio Gotzon was substituted for Roy Andreasson. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cyprian Sitko was slow to take the kick. During this time Commander Crowe's players had a chance to rest. Nicasio Gotzon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicasio Gotzon in the 65th minute of play. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. In the 71st play minute Cyprian Sitko came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Manzanares. 3-2. Edvard Fagerberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignacio Mastache went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Nicasio Gotzon took a quick shot and it went in 4-3 without a chance for Pedro Manzanares to make any attempt to save it. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicasio Gotzon in the 85th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares stood somewhat misplaced when Nicasio Gotzon came free in front of goal and shot 4-4 to the left of him in the 86 minute. Kevin Mastache hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. If Cyprian Sitko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Despite being the better team, Commander Crowe failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.