Challenge

La Sanguchera
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Saturnino Romo got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Mastache in the 2nd minute of play forced ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s goalkeeper Silvano Portillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Colombia booed when ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Liljeström didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Kevin Mastache got a free kick in the 16th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Luis Cazalla made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s Edelmiro Moise. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Silvano Portillo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'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. Saturnino Romo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. In the 27th minute Saturnino Romo 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Saturnino Romo managed to get in a good position for a shot. ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s supporters rose to their feet, but Saturnino Romo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 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. In the 33rd minute, Mats Liljeström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 36th minute Luis Frisco 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. After a rather tough play, ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s Dedê Donatello got a free kick in the 39th minute. Silvano Portillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 42nd minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. Silvano Portillo was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Axel Montenegro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Axel Montenegro really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Romo in the 59th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s Silvano Portillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 64th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Abram Sarmiento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silvano Portillo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After a rather tough play, ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s Tobias Xacintu got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 77 minutes into the match, ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Silvano Portillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute Jerzy Marchefka 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. Santino Seco's late challenge caught a ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santino Seco helped the player get up and apologised. In the 87th minute of the match, Mats Liljeström sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Pedro Manzanares showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. Jerzy Marchefka might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jerzy Marchefka ran back to his position shaking his head. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerzy Marchefka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joshua Garrido kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Jerzy Marchefka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerzy Marchefka in the 93rd minute of the match. Silvano Portillo made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Pascual Carballar sent off a good shot on target. Colombia's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.