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. Paulo Goasdoue received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Eintracht Cernavoda's Ionică Corcoveanu got control of the ball when Abram Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yin Li Ying in the 10th minute of play. Mikael Isak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Ionică Corcoveanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 22nd minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yin Li Ying in the 24th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pascual Carballar got free with Ionică Corcoveanu in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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. Ionică Corcoveanu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Axel Montenegro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 33 minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Eintracht Cernavoda's goal looked a bit too open when Joshua Garrido came free, but Ionică Corcoveanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pascual Carballar made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that Eintracht Cernavoda's Ionică Corcoveanu managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 39th 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. A well-hit corner resulted in Luis Cazalla heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Abram Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Ionică Corcoveanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ionică Corcoveanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 46th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, one of Colombia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Colombia. Ionel Gâlcă walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Ionică Corcoveanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 55th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikael Isak got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 60 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ionică Corcoveanu. Eintracht Cernavoda's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Eintracht Cernavoda's Filip Pantiș was substituted for Paulo Goasdoue. Eintracht Cernavoda's Octav Ignat was substituted for Ingemar Kvist. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Eintracht Cernavoda's Mihăiţă Jder was substituted for Philip Walter. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. 80 minutes into the game, Filip Pantiș threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Pascual Carballar quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ionică Corcoveanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 82nd minute of play. In the 82nd minute of the match, Filip Pantiș tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Pedro Manzanares saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 84th minute of play forced Eintracht Cernavoda's goalkeeper Ionică Corcoveanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filip Pantiș in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. In the 87th minute of the match, Filip Pantiș tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Pedro Manzanares saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 88th minute Eintracht Cernavoda were awarded a corner. Ionel Gâlcă went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Eintracht Cernavoda's Mikael Isak getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Ignacio Mastache struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Ionică Corcoveanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colombia. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Pantiș in the 91st minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Carballar to maneuver through the defense.