Challenge

Thunders Field
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abram Sarmiento took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rodrigo Ferdinand recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of International Thunders booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Mastache didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loukianos Staikos in the 7th minute of the match. With his leg Pedro Manzanares managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when International Thunders's Rodrigo Ferdinand fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rodrigo Ferdinand received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thorsten Ternes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. After 21 minutes of play, International Thunders's Loukianos Staikos made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 24th minute of the match, Rodrigo Ferdinand got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pedro Manzanares was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 28th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Thorsten Ternes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loukianos Staikos, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute Loukianos Staikos 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 taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Axel Montenegro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Thorsten Ternes quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 39th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Thorsten Ternes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thorsten Ternes having to interfere. Thorsten Ternes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a little luck, International Thunders's Thorsten Ternes got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abram Sarmiento struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Thorsten Ternes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colombia. In the 56th minute Tibor Bäuschlein 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. Thorsten Ternes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abram Sarmiento went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Abram Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thorsten Ternes having to interfere. International Thunders's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Axel Montenegro scored to the left of an out of position Thorsten Ternes, making the score, 1-2. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Rodrigo Ferdinand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kevin Mastache in the 73rd minute. A very nice done corner allowed Ignacio Mastache to score against Thorsten Ternes in International Thunders's goal. 1-3 after 74 minutes. Thorsten Ternes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute, Percival Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The International Thunders fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. After 84 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Indiano. Percival Costa scored 3-3 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Percival Costa 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. With a little luck, International Thunders's Thorsten Ternes got control of the ball when Ignacio Mastache tried to sneak it across the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.