Challenge

Tana dei Grigi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Frederik Dams started the match with the kick off. Samuel Navarro hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fulvio De Marco in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute, Cristoforo Di Silvio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bianco Altobelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After 12 minutes, Axel Montenegro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colombia and the Lupi Grigi players grew even worse after the yellow card. 13 minutes into the game, one of Colombia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Colombia:s Pedro Manzanares showed great skill when he stopped Bianco Sforza:s penalty. In the 18th minute, Bianco Sforza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 1-0. 21 minutes into the match, Lupi Grigi's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Bianco Altobelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Lupi Grigi getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Süleyman Seba hit a great ball. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bianco Altobelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute, David Cordarrol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the match, Lupi Grigi's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Bianco Altobelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Axel Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bianco Altobelli having to interfere. Bianco Altobelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 38th minute of play forced Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Bianco Altobelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's Pascual Carballar managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by David Cordarrol in the 43 minute of the game. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lupi Grigi's Bianco Altobelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 44th minute of play. Bianco Sforza kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. 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 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Bianco Altobelli didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Colombia's Abram Sarmiento shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Bianco Altobelli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bianco Altobelli narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bianco Altobelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Bianco Altobelli made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Bianco Altobelli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Axel Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Bianco Altobelli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Lupi Grigi's Carlo Puddu was substituted for Frederik Dams. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Abram Secada recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elia Gismondi hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Elia Gismondi hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 78 played minutes Ignacio Mastache rounded Lupi Grigi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. Bianco Sforza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 84 minutes, Felix Oier managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lupi Grigi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Oier was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pascual Carballar during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 87th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Carballar to maneuver through the defense. Carlo Puddu scored 2-2 in the 88th 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. 92 minutes into the match, Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Bianco Altobelli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacio Mastache. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.