Challenge

Muswell Hill
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hisham Mumtaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Kevin Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Hisham Mumtaz tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Atletico Beirut's Hisham Mumtaz in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Farid Ayham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florencio Harri in the 15th minute of play. Afşin Derem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hisham Mumtaz in the 19th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mostafa Malik, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Yin Bing made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mostafa Malik in the 25th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farid Ayham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 minutes, Abram Sarmiento made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute of play forced Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Axel Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Farid Ayham. Atletico Beirut's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. When Colombia's Abram Sarmiento in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atletico Beirut's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Afşin Derem got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Farid Ayham was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Hisham Mumtaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Hisham Mumtaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

In the 54th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farid Ayham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Farid Ayham. Atletico Beirut's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Farid Ayham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Afşin Derem went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. In the 68th minute, Antonio Indiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hisham Mumtaz in the 70th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Hisham Mumtaz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Hisham Mumtaz 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. Afşin Derem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 79 minutes into the game, Yin Bing threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Afşin Derem in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. The Colombia fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when Colombia's Ignacio Mastache looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 86th minute of play forced Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Hisham Mumtaz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hisham Mumtaz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-4. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florencio Harri in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Mostafa Jabal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abram Secada fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farid Ayham having to interfere. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.