Challenge

Olympia
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Norrlands Athen's Juan Lebron 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. In the 3rd minute, Norrlands Athen's Måns Sandberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. If Måns Sandberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 9th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Safet Hands to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Safet Hands didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kevin Mastache went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Lebron in the 14th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Måns Sandberg in the 16th minute. Måns Sandberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Safet Hands showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute of the match. A hard shot 27 in the game by Måns Sandberg from a close distance when the talented Pedro Manzanares managed to make a qualified save. Colombia's players were relieved. Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Safet Hands saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Juan Lebron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 32nd minute of play. Safet Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Måns Sandberg got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Safet Hands took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Orlando Tafalla got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, Måns Sandberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abram Sarmiento in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Safet Hands prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Gilbert Hermansson replaced Måns Sandberg. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Calle Bergfelt replaced Urbano Fidencio. A nice corner shot did that Filcho Slivkov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Huang Fei Ting fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huang Fei Ting in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Lebron in the 77th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ignacio Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Norrlands Athen's Safet Hands proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Norrlands Athen from getting a goal against them. Abram Secada could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Safet Hands made a huge save. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Calle Bergfelt 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. After 88 minutes of play, Norrlands Athen's Gilbert Hermansson made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gilbert Hermansson's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Norrlands Athen fans cheered their team off the field, for while Colombia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.