Challenge

Decathlon Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abram Sarmiento kicked off to start the match. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Costin Moisil sent off a good shot on target. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Bara, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Henrik Larsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Decathlon Dudes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costin Moisil in the 12th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar. Tadej Pogačar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Decathlon Dudes's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 23rd minute of play forced Decathlon Dudes's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Decathlon Dudes booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Indiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 25 played minutes, Decathlon Dudes's Costin Moisil shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Decathlon Dudes reached it. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Decathlon Dudes's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Axel Montenegro took the corner. The corner led Colombia's Axel Montenegro to fire away a dangerous shot which Tadej Pogačar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 33rd 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 35th minute of play forced Decathlon Dudes's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dylan van Baarle made in the 43rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Marinus Doren immediately put the ball in play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Henrik Larsson made a kick off. If Abram Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Santino Seco received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tadej Pogačar came out and tried to block the shot, but Santino Seco slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 62nd minute. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. In the 67th minute, Henrik Larsson 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. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 70th minute of play. After 73 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrik Larsson in the 73rd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Costin Moisil came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Costin Moisil 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. Henrik Larsson took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Costin Moisil managed to get in a good position for a shot. Decathlon Dudes's supporters rose to their feet, but Costin Moisil was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Henrik Larsson put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. 90 minutes into the match, Henrik Larsson notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94thth minute of the game Anthon Melin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the referee ended the match the Decathlon Dudes players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.