Challenge

Xavier Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 5th minute, Ignacio Esparza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A sloppy throw-in by Luizão Van Dijk in the 9th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Cristinel Cioculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 9th minute of play. 14 minutes into the game, one of ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 23rd minute of play forced ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s goalkeeper Cristinel Cioculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcinho Duarte could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristinel Cioculescu was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. In the 31st match minute, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdir Trevisan to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Colombia booed when ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maciej Bejgier didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd minute of the match Axel Montenegro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristinel Cioculescu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Orlando Tafalla during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of Colombia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠:s goal. When the match had been going on for 38 minutes, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Ignacio Esparza got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Pedro Manzanares. Luizão Van Dijk got a throw-in 43 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Marcinho Duarte. ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Cristinel Cioculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 45th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Luizão Van Dijk got a free kick in the 48th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcinho Duarte to strike the kick off in the second half. Cristinel Cioculescu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Axel Montenegro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 52 minute of play. ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Cristinel Cioculescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Cristinel Cioculescu in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 59 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristinel Cioculescu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcinho Duarte in the 69th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Kevin Mastache shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 73rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Cristinel Cioculescu but with some difficulty. Abram Secadas short, quick shot in the 75thth minute got Cristinel Cioculescu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The supporters of ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel Navarro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Cioculescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute Ignacio Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Cioculescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 84th minute of the game was made by Luizão Van Dijk with Giuseppe Leite as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 88 minutes into the match, Giuseppe Leite 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 Giuseppe Leite was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. After 93 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Navarro. After 94 played minutes, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s Tony Guedes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠ reached it. 96 minutes into the match, ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Cristinel Cioculescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ✠Xavier Vasco FC - FDFDF✠'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.