Challenge

Darzhas Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Lain started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Renatas Eidukonis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Gersi Snabe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 8th minute of play. After 11 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roberto Carlos who took care of the corner kick. 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 Tomas Lain. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Tomas Lain stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Tomas Lain tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Lain'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 19th minute of play. Tomas Lain received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Manzanares came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomas Lain slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 21st minute. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Harsh Gods's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Axel Montenegro took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Kevin Mastache got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gersi Snabe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 27th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gersi Snabe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gersi Snabe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 27th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gersi Snabe. Gersi Snabe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Luis Cazalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 34th minute of play forced Harsh Gods's goalkeeper Gersi Snabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Abram Sarmiento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Gersi Snabe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 43rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Tomas Lain kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

After 52 played minutes Harsh Gods got a freekick which was hit by Gabriele Meilutyte. Gersi Snabe acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 53rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Axel Montenegro. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Luis Cazalla got a free kick in the 54th minute. Tomas Lain took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Tomas Lain'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 64th minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Tomas Lain notched a goal, 4-2, 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. With a little luck, Harsh Gods's Gersi Snabe got control of the ball when Abram Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Lain in the 73rd minute of the match. If Tomas Lain had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Harsh Gods's Jokūbas Miškūnas was substituted for Gabriele Meilutyte. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Lain's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Tomas Lain kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Colombia booed when Harsh Gods was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jokūbas Miškūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Abram Secada had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gersi Snabe. Harsh Gods's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Secada was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. After 85 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Luis Cazalla. In the 86th minute, Tomas Lain left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harsh Gods fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-3. In the 93rd minute, Tomas Lain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Mastache in the 94th minute of play forced Harsh Gods's goalkeeper Gersi Snabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.