Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angelo Assunção started the match with the kick off. Albino Cugat might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Albino Cugat ran back to his position shaking his head. When Angelo Assunção got free in front of the goal in the 5th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Pedro Manzanares was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. MACAU. F.C's Anselmo Gama proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save MACAU. F.C from getting a goal against them. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Assunção in the 8th minute of play. Angelo Assunção blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. In the 11th minute, Albino Cugat got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angelo Assunção, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, Şükrü Yazargil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Santino Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anselmo Gama having to interfere. Joshua Garrido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelo Assunção in the 31st minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Gama was out of position in the 37 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: 2-1. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albino Cugat in the 41st minute of play. Angelo Assunção made in the 42nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albino Cugat, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Remigio Fix hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Anselmo Gama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, MACAU. F.C's Şükrü Yazargil got a free kick in the 51st minute. A collision led to MACAU. F.C getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Aloísio Esteves hit a great ball. MACAU. F.C's Anselmo Gama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 53rd minute of play. In the 60th minute of the match MACAU. F.C got a corner. Colombia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Correia ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on MACAU. F.C's corner Daniel Correia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Manzanares quite easily take care of the ball. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd match minute, MACAU. F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bater Pivetta to maneuver through the defense. Bater Pivetta kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by MACAU. F.C's Cristiano Pelé. But to his dismay, Cristiano Pelé quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. If Albino Cugat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Albino Cugat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristiano Pelé kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 3-4 in the 83 minute of play. MACAU. F.C's Cristiano Pelé came free and shot a quick shot against goal 87 minutes in the game, fortunately Pedro Manzanares had problems saving as it came toward the left post. 90 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Albino Cugat came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Albino Cugat had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Albino Cugat was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. 94 minutes into the game, Aron Vanghelie cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-6. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. MACAU. F.C's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.