Challenge

Estadio Jalisco
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. Arrigo Tonon's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arrigo Tonon helped the player get up and apologised. Arrigo Tonon hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Brendan Leblanc narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Brendan Leblanc came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. But to his dismay, Axel Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 17 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc. Brendan Leblanc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Rickard Lundgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 29th minute, Rickard Lundgren reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 2-2. After 32 minutes of play, Kingpins's Rickard Lundgren made it 3-2 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! Brendan Leblanc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 42nd minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Brendan Leblanc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ábel Pasqualini to maneuver through the defense. Brendan Leblanc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

The wind increased when Rickard Lundgren made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Joshua Garrido got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Brendan Leblanc made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Abram Sarmiento sent off a good shot on target. Rickard Lundgren recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 59 minutes into the match, Rickard Lundgren notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Kingpins from getting a goal against them. Chris Lindstrøm hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Kingpins's Bo Kruuse was substituted for Rickard Lundgren. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Kevin Mastache blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Brendan Leblanc having to make a save. In the 70th minute, Bo Kruuse left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kingpins fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. Roger Västerstrand scored 6-2 in the 73rd 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. Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 77th minute of play. Brendan Leblanc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Brendan Leblanc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 87 minutes, Bo Kruuse made it 7-2 with a short kick to the right side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Secada in the 90th minute of the match. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Kevin Mastache fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Brendan Leblanc quite easily take care of the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bo Kruuse in the 95th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kingpins.