Challenge

New York Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Axel Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mazarópi Barros having to interfere. When Colombia's Axel Montenegro in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye . SC Manhattan .'s goalie prevented a goal. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilton Valladares in the 18th minute of play. Mazarópi Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mazarópi Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 26th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in . SC Manhattan .'s zone, Abram Sarmiento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mazarópi Barros came out of the goal and Abram Sarmiento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 33rd minute of the match. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mazarópi Barros read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. Mazarópi Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chico Valadaress short, quick shot in the 40thth minute got Pedro Manzanares to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chico Valadares to make the kick off. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 51st minute of the match. Mazarópi Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 52nd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 59th minute of the match. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Van Dijk was slow to take the kick. During this time . SC Manhattan .'s players had a chance to rest. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mazarópi Barros read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. After 64 played minutes Colombia's Orlando Tafalla stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Mazarópi Barros stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing . SC Manhattan . of the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Orlando Tafalla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mazarópi Barros, 2-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Mazarópi Barros in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Anísio Lara hit a great ball. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Anísio Lara hit a great ball. 88 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Mazarópi Barros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacio Mastache. The crowd rose to their feet as Abram Secada kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mazarópi Barros. That made the score 2-2 in the 89 minute of play. If Ignacio Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute, Abram Secada ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mazarópi Barros was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. The . SC Manhattan . fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Colombia were clearly better and deserved to take the win.