Challenge

Sami Zübeyr Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Anatoly Karpov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Anatoly Karpov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 4th minute Kevin Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Falco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FC Maci -MM- defense, Kevin Mastache kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tristan Falco. The FC Maci -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tristan Falco should have stopped the shot. Anatoly Karpov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kevin Mastache during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th minute, Kevin Mastache hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sami Zübeyr scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute Sami Zübeyr 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. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sabin Miclauș, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Sami Zübeyr 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 2-1. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sami Zübeyr in the 26th minute of the match. In the 30thth minute of the game Axel Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Maci -MM-'s Tristan Falco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tristan Falco came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. But to his dismay, Axel Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Anatoly Karpov sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Maci -MM-'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. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tristan Falco 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 45th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them.

The wind increased when Sami Zübeyr made the kick off in the second half. Tristan Falco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 51st minute. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sami Zübeyr in the 52nd minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sami Zübeyr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 57 minutes into the match, FC Maci -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Tristan Falco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Czapski came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Axel Montenegro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Tristan Falco skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Maci -MM-'s goalkeeper Tristan Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tristan Falco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. Tristan Falco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Cazalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Maci -MM-'s Martin Costeiantu was substituted for Vlad Mavrogheni. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Kevin Mastache fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tristan Falco quite easily take care of the ball. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Czapski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's attentive Kevin Mastache managed to snatch the ball when Dieter Nisipeanu made a throw-in in the 85th minute of the game. With a little luck, FC Maci -MM-'s Tristan Falco got control of the ball when Abram Secada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Gaciu in the 91st minute of the match. Ignacio Mastache recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 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.