Challenge

Arena Lanzenkirchen
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lanzenkirchen's Lucjan Bejger 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. After 4 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nicolai Nowak who took care of the corner kick. Roque Claus who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 8thth minute tested the skills of Pedro Manzanares when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 9th minute Octav Bocșan 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. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicolai Nowak was slow to take the kick. During this time Lanzenkirchen's players had a chance to rest. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roland Freytag in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 14th minute, Roque Claus 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 1-0. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Brummer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lanzenkirchen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. After some careless play in the Lanzenkirchen defense, Kevin Mastache kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Karl-Åke Brummer. The Lanzenkirchen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Karl-Åke Brummer should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Brummer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lanzenkirchen's goalkeeper Karl-Åke Brummer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 39 minutes into the game, Colombia's Axel Montenegro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karl-Åke Brummer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 42ndth minute of the game Roque Claus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Lanzenkirchen's Lucjan Bejger slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 2-2 after 44 minutes of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off in the second half. Lanzenkirchen were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nicolai Nowak took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Roque Claus heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 62nd minute of the match Jakub Kornaszewski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pedro Manzanares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Colombia's Orlando Tafalla quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lasse Tilemann, made in the 63rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Bejger in the 65th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roque Claus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. 71 minutes into the match, Lanzenkirchen's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Karl-Åke Brummer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute of the match, Abram Secada tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Karl-Åke Brummer saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 74 minutes of play, Lanzenkirchen's Roque Claus made it 3-2 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! Lucjan Bejger took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. 85 minutes into the match, Lanzenkirchen's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Karl-Åke Brummer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 86th minute of the game was made by Lasse Tilemann with Roland Freytag as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The crowd rose to their feet as Colombia's Pascual Carballar slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Karl-Åke Brummer. That made the score 4-3 after 91 minutes of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucjan Bejger in the 95th minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Lanzenkirchen.