Challenge

LA BOMBONERA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Habil Castolo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. 3 minutes into the match, the xeneise dream team's Habil Castolo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 6 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Paolo Eutor came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 10 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Genaro Farias who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on the xeneise dream team's corner Genaro Farias fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Manzanares quite easily take care of the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Eutor in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Pascual Carballar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute, the xeneise dream team's Habil Castolo 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. Luis Cazalla hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paolo Eutor in the 23rd minute of play. Zacharias Siatzis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 29th minute of play forced the xeneise dream team's goalkeeper Vinicio Aires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paolo Eutor in the 32nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vinicio Aires saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Samuel Navarro kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Vinicio Aires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santino Seco in the 47th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Vinicio Aires threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kevin Mastache, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Vinicio Aires made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Henrik Askelöf during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Henrik Askelöf got a free kick in the 58th minute. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paolo Eutor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, Paolo Eutor notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's attentive Kevin Mastache managed to snatch the ball when Henrik Askelöf made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. With a little luck, the xeneise dream team's Vinicio Aires got control of the ball when Abram Secada tried to sneak it across the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Henrik Askelöf in the 84th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Samuel Navarro. Henrik Askelöf got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Arda Ardashov. 91 minutes into the match, the xeneise dream team's goalkeeper Vinicio Aires had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Secada. Zacharias Siatzis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Vinicio Aires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 96th minute of play. the xeneise dream team were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.