Challenge

Sirius Black
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gervasio Chano made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Gervasio Chano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sirius Dog fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Sirius Dog's Jeronimo Millan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 6th minute of play. Urbano Lapurdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jeronimo Millan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Jeronimo Millan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeronimo Millan 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 26th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Terje Sundberg got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 31st minute of play forced Sirius Dog's goalkeeper Jeronimo Millan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kevin Mastache scored 1-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeronimo Millan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 36 minutes into the match, Sirius Dog's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Jeronimo Millan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeronimo Millan 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 40th minute. Samuel Navarro hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. 45 minutes in the game Justo Fonda did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Norberto Cugat. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abram Sarmiento to strike the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terje Sundberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Kevin Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jeronimo Millan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 55th minute of play. After 55 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeronimo Millan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 2-2 became the score in the 59th minute when Terje Sundberg elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 67 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Norberto Cugat who took care of the corner kick. Gervasio Chano made a great header on Sirius Dog's corner, it was just that Colombia's Pedro Manzanares managed to reach the ball for a save. Gervasio Chano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kevin Mastache charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kevin Mastache the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 72 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. Sirius Dog's Terje Sundberg got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Terje Sundberg sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. 81 minutes into the game, Sirius Dog's Terje Sundberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 85th minute of play forced Sirius Dog's goalkeeper Jeronimo Millan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervasio Chano scored 6-2 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sirius Dog's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.