Challenge

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Axel Montenegro charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Axel Montenegro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 3 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Edur in the 5th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaw Fudalej in the 10th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Bouman in the 13th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Edur got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 苏皓强 had several of the Colombia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 17 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Pedro Manzanares as he didn't even see the shot coming. 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 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Marc Bouman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Edur in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Mastache came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when 苏皓强 got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Montenegro in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddy Luirink saved ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting behind. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Joshua Garrido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eddy Luirink didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santino Seco went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 45th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

55 minutes into the match, Gustaw Fudalej notched a goal, 2-1, 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. In the 58th minute of the match, Kevin Mastache tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eddy Luirink saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 60th minute of play. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eddy Luirink having to make a save. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting a goal against them. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 67th minute of play. If Abram Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 made a substitution. Marek Markowski replaced Juan Edur. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. 74 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when 苏皓强 came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute Luis Cazalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaw Fudalej came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 78th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Markowski came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eddy Luirink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Marek Markowski put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. In the 92nd minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Kevin Mastache went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 96th play minute Ignacio Mastache came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Eddy Luirink. 3-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Colombia had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.