Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Eintracht Cernavoda's Yin Li Ying 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 5th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Eintracht Cernavoda's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Montenegro ran over to the corner to take the kick. 7 minutes into the match, Eintracht Cernavoda's Mikael Isak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Mikael Isak 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 a defensive mix-up in Eintracht Cernavoda's zone, Axel Montenegro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ionică Corcoveanu came out of the goal and Axel Montenegro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Axel Montenegro in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ionică Corcoveanu, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Philip Walter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ioan Ortacu's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ioan Ortacu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Eintracht Cernavoda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ioan Ortacu to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute of the match Axel Montenegro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ionică Corcoveanu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ioan Ortacu hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Ionică Corcoveanu came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. But to his dismay, Axel Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. With a little luck, Eintracht Cernavoda's Ionică Corcoveanu got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Goasdoue in the 30th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Ionică Corcoveanu in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd minute, Axel Montenegro fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Ionică Corcoveanu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santino Seco went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Mikael Isak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Yin Li Ying 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. In the 47th minute, Pascual Carballar sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Eintracht Cernavoda's Ionică Corcoveanu didn't even have to move.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Ionică Corcoveanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 52nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikael Isak got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 56 minutes, Mikael Isak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eintracht Cernavoda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikael Isak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Antonio Indiano hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Eintracht Cernavoda made a substitution. Filip Pantiș replaced Paulo Goasdoue. After 61 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Indiano. Eintracht Cernavoda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Philip Walter in the 64th minute. The corner led Eintracht Cernavoda's Philip Walter to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 65 played minutes Eintracht Cernavoda got a freekick which was hit by Flavius Stanciu. Yin Li Ying sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Ionică Corcoveanu came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Abram Secada. But to his dismay, Abram Secada quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Yin Li Ying made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mikael Isak immediately put the ball in play. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Eintracht Cernavoda's Filip Pantiș. But to his dismay, Filip Pantiș quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 87 minutes of play, Eintracht Cernavoda's Filip Pantiș made it 3-3 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! Ignacio Mastache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Ionică Corcoveanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filip Pantiș blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. If Filip Pantiș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.