Challenge

KORITOTO-VARNA
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Lilko Timov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Qiao Qing Ying came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Qiao Qing Ying couldn't finish the play. In the 11th minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Rostislav Sitarski 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 14th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Lilko Timov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20thth minute of the game Axel Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Lilko Timov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Abram Sarmiento fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lilko Timov quite easily take care of the ball. If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lilko Timov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Carballar in the 33rd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ayoub Adel in the 40th minute of play. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 42nd minute of the match. Okaner Kornes made in the 44th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Pascual Carballar. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 47th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rostislav Sitarski to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Qiao Qing Ying put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloi Ocomardia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Colombia's attentive Pascual Carballar managed to snatch the ball when Okaner Kornes made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. Lilko Timov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 70th minute of play. Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abram Secada might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lilko Timov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abram Secada ran back to his position shaking his head. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloi Ocomardia in the 84th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilko Timov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lilko Timov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Ignacio Mastache scored 2-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lilko Timov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Okaner Kornes'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. Okaner Kornes helped the player get up and apologised. Okaner Kornes hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Colombia's Abram Secada slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lilko Timov. That made the score 2-2 after 92 minutes of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.