Challenge

Hanne-Sobek-Stadion
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Emilio Melzer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hertha 1969's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emilio Melzer 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 came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Hertha 1969's Nils Hovermann. But to his dismay, Nils Hovermann quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Kristian Oswald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils Hovermann in the 14th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kristian Oswald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 22nd minute of the match. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Hertha 1969's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Rune Jarstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rune Jarstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the game, Moritz Hasenjäger threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Rune Jarstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 37th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils Hovermann in the 38th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein. Rune Jarstein was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 44th minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Rune Jarstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefan Mayer kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nils Hovermann to make the kick off. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 54th minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Melzer came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Moritz Hasenjäger came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute Zé Paulo da Silva 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo da Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rune Jarstein stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Axel Montenegro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 64thth minute tested the skills of Rune Jarstein when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Paulo da Silva 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. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Nils Hovermann sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Hertha 1969 made a substitution. Benedikt Bensch replaced Emilio Melzer. 88 minutes into the game, Ignacio Mastache recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rune Jarstein. Ignacio Mastache showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Hertha 1969 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.