Challenge

La Maison-Blanche
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. A collision led to Les Presidents FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Salvador Malheiro hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Santino Seco got a free kick in the 8th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustaaf Gendre. In the 14th minute, Nic Van Gestelt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kuido Undusk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kuido Undusk 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 24th minute. Kuido Undusk 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 25th minute. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 26th minute. Kuido Undusk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute Hermelando Coello 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. Kuido Undusk came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. But to his dismay, Kevin Mastache quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 38 minutes into the match, Les Presidents FC's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Kuido Undusk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 42nd minute of play forced Les Presidents FC's goalkeeper Kuido Undusk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Les Presidents FC'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. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Orlando Tafalla fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kuido Undusk quite easily take care of the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

52 minutes into the game, Les Presidents FC's Gustaaf Gendre nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Gustaaf Gendre hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 55th minute of play forced Les Presidents FC's goalkeeper Kuido Undusk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Les Presidents FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Montenegro ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Colombia's Luis Cazalla getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Santino Seco charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Santino Seco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th minute, Santino Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Pascual Carballar heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Kuido Undusk was a little too slow when Abram Sarmiento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Gendre in the 74th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kuido Undusk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kuido Undusk was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Luis Cazalla capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luis Cazalla really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. In a very dangerous position, a player in Colombia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 83rd minute. Penalty! In the 88th minute, Amadeo Guillelme got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Gustaaf Gendre stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Gustaaf Gendre tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Colombia eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.