Challenge

Morocho Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abram Sarmiento took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Fang Kang Guang kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. Dogo Argentino's attentive Sid Philips managed to snatch the ball when Kevin Mastache made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. Daniel Raebert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dogo Argentino's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Colombia's Axel Montenegro to fire away a dangerous shot which Daniel Raebert despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 19th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Dogo Argentino'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. In the 22nd minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Raebert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Colombia's attentive Antonio Indiano managed to snatch the ball when Sid Philips made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Dogo Argentino's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Daniel Raebert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Fang Kang Guang 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 Fang Kang Guang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Fang Kang Guang recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 47 minutes of play, Dogo Argentino's Julian Palban made it 3-1 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! Dogo Argentino's You Fei was substituted for Ivan Pillud. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emanuele Passalacqua stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, You Fei 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 4-1. Daniel Raebert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 58th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from You Fei, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Colombia's Pascual Carballar managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Christian Luzea in the 64 minute of the game. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daniel Raebert. Daniel Raebert dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Daniel Raebert in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dogo Argentino's Daniel Raebert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Dogo Argentino from getting a goal against them. When Dogo Argentino's Emanuele Passalacqua in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Egor Nikiforov kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Daniel Raebert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 85th minute of the match. If You Fei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tiburcio Mercurio hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Abram Secada who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 90thth minute tested the skills of Daniel Raebert when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Raebert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Secada, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Mastache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Raebert was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. After 95th play minutes Ignacio Mastache shot 4-3, a short shot which went by Daniel Raebert and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Dogo Argentino had won after a very even match.