Challenge

The wings of success
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rdth minute of the game Aan 周瑜 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. SPARROWS were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rayko Tzolovski took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Rayko Tzolovski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 8th minute Lionel Haaland 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. In the 9th minute, Axel Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner led SPARROWS's Rayko Tzolovski to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Aan 周瑜s short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Pedro Manzanares to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 17th minute, Lionel Haaland fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Aan 周瑜 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Axel Montenegro hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel Haaland in the 23rd minute of play. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Abram Sarmiento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aan 周瑜 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th minute, Santino Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Conny Gudmundsson 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. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chen Yi Ran in the 54th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SPARROWS's zone, Axel Montenegro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vitko Hadzhiiliev came out of the goal and Axel Montenegro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. SPARROWS's André Saraiva was substituted for Mincho Strahinov. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chen Yi Ran in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. Santino Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Vitko Hadzhiiliev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. In the 72nd minute of the match Colombia got a corner. SPARROWS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kevin Mastache ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 75th minute, Ignacio Mastache 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. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 76th minute of play. After 77 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Nemesio Sayvion. If Abram Secada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Abram Secada took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Vitko Hadzhiiliev to make any attempt to save it. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel Haaland in the 83rd minute of play. With a little luck, SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev got control of the ball when Abram Secada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rayko Tzolovski hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. If Abram Secada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vitko Hadzhiiliev made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Abram Secada sent off a good shot on target. In a very dangerous position, a player in SPARROWS fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 96th minute. Penalty! The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Colombia walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.