Challenge

Manicomio
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Loco Team FC's Gavino Luar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Gavino Luar sent off a good shot on target. In the 9th minute, Axel Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the match, Loco Team FC's Gavino Luar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavino Luar, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Loco Team FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Freddie Mercurio in the 14th minute. A nice corner shot did that Eric Vandenberge got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 16th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the match, Loco Team FC's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Zhuang Xing Tian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 22 minutes of play, Colombia's Luis Cazalla made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhuang Xing Tian was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gavino Luar 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. 33 minutes into the match, Gavino Luar 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 Gavino Luar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 39th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuang Xing Tian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhuang Xing Tian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 47th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuang Xing Tian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gavino Luar in the 53rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gavino Luar in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 56 played minutes Loco Team FC got a freekick which was hit by Freddie Mercurio. After a defensive mix-up in Loco Team FC's zone, Kevin Mastache stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zhuang Xing Tian came out of the goal and Kevin Mastache tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Zhuang Xing Tian in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A sloppy throw-in by Samuel Navarro in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Loco Team FC's Edson-Arantes Pelé. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zhuang Xing Tian made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Loco Team FC's Alberino Salgado was substituted for Inge Ahlquist. When Gavino Luar came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Loco Team FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gavino Luar couldn't finish the play. Joshua Garrido was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 89th minute, Kevin Mastache hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hector Mateus hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the match, Colombia's Kevin Mastache sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zhuang Xing Tian narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.