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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 3rd minute, when Kader Gonet scored to the left of an out of position Pedro Manzanares, making the score, 1-0. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, NIKE Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Ola Wall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, NIKE Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Ola Wall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the NIKE Academy defense, Axel Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ola Wall. The NIKE Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ola Wall should have stopped the shot. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Mühren in the 19th minute of the match. Ola Wall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 25th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pascual Carballar to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 30th minute of play forced NIKE Academy's goalkeeper Ola Wall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ola Wall. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Ola Wall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 34th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Antonio-Ubaldo Conte managed to get in a good position for a shot. NIKE Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonio-Ubaldo Conte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kader Gonet in the 39th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. In the 44th minute, Santino Seco 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. After the first half Colombia were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

NIKE Academy's Oskar Lägdin was substituted for Robert Mühren. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoforos Manousopoulos in the 54th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Christoforos Manousopoulos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Christoforos Manousopoulos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Christoforos Manousopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pascual Carballar hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After 70 minutes of play, NIKE Academy's Kader Gonet made it 2-2 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 73rdth minute of the game Christoforos Manousopoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. NIKE Academy's Ola Wall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Mastache in the 75th minute of play. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Secada in the 78th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Christoforos Manousopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christoforos Manousopoulos in the 80th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Christoforos Manousopoulos 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 Christoforos Manousopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. NIKE Academy made a substitution. Blagojče Michalashvili replaced Marcus-Vinícius Franceschini. Ola Wall made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kevin Mastache in the 86th minute. Ignacio Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ola Wall having to interfere. NIKE Academy made a substitution. Oleg Mamaev replaced Kader Gonet. In the 91st minute Oskar Lägdin 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 94th play minutes Oleg Mamaev shot 5-2, a short shot which went by Pedro Manzanares and just under the crossbar into goal. NIKE Academy were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.