Challenge

Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alan Said took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Attard Gunners's Alan Said ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergen Sergen, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Louis Naudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Jay Jowsey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Colombia booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alan Said didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Alan Said tried to sneak it across the goal line. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Sergen Sergen tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 32nd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jay Jowsey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Attard Gunners's Jay Jowsey. Jay Jowsey was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 38 minutes into the game, Sergen Sergen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Attard Gunners's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Colombia the free kick. Sergen Sergen kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sergen Sergen's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Jay Jowsey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute, Louis Naudi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jay Jowsey having to make a save. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jay Jowsey made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergen Sergen in the 58th minute of play. When Attard Gunners's Sergen Sergen in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. In the 62ndth minute of the game Axel Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Attard Gunners's Jay Jowsey was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jay Jowsey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. 65 minutes into the match, Attard Gunners's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Mastache came free, but Jay Jowsey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Kevin Mastache ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jay Jowsey was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. 69 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Alan Said came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute of the match Attard Gunners got a corner. Colombia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Godwin Sapiano ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Said in the 76th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Alan Said made it 2-2 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! Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alan Said in the 83rd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neville Ciscaldi in the 84th minute of the match. In the 86thth minute of the game Alan Said 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. When Alan Said came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Attard Gunners 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 Alan Said couldn't finish the play. Attard Gunners's Michael Testaferrata Olivier was substituted for Alan Said. Michael Testaferrata Olivier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, one of Colombia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Colombia. The referee gave Attard Gunners a penalty, 94 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Michael Testaferrata Olivier, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. 3-2. When the match clock showed 97 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Adrian Savona sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Attard Gunners had won after a very even match.