Challenge

El Coliseo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sabino Valverde made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sabino Valverde in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Santiago Valery was slow to take the kick. During this time Pretorianos FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 12th minute, Axel Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santos Lauren, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Pascual Carballar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marciano Idacio having to make a save. Antonio Indiano kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Sabino Valverde sent off a good shot on target. Pretorianos FC were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Santiago Valery took the corner. The corner led Pretorianos FC's Santiago Valery to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 32 minutes, Sabino Valverde made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Sabino Valverde'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 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 44th minute of play forced Pretorianos FC's goalkeeper Marciano Idacio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44thth minute of the game Abram Sarmiento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Pretorianos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Marciano Idacio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Pretorianos FC's Delmiro Berart was substituted for Santos Lauren. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marciano Idacio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio. Marciano Idacio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabino Valverde in the 62nd minute of play. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Axel Montenegro hit a great ball. Pretorianos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Santiago Valery in the 66th minute. A nice corner shot did that Santiago Valery got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 69 played minutes Pretorianos FC got a freekick which was hit by Nicanor Demario. After 70 played minutes Pretorianos FC got a freekick which was hit by Nicanor Demario. Pretorianos FC's Marciano Idacio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 75th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sabino Valverde, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute Pretorianos FC were awarded a corner. Santiago Valery went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Santiago Valery almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares did a great save. Marciano Idacio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Secada, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Kevin Mastache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marciano Idacio was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Secada in the 90th minute of play forced Pretorianos FC's goalkeeper Marciano Idacio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Pretorianos FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kevin Mastache ran over to the corner to take the kick. Abram Secada was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. A sloppy throw-in by Joshua Garrido in the 95th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Pretorianos FC's Herminio Garaile. Sabino Valverde'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 96th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Abram Secada ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marciano Idacio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The Colombia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Colombia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.