Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abram Sarmiento took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Johnathan Bowden stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Johnathan Bowden tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Selebi-Phikwe's Christof Deroek got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 12th match minute, Selebi-Phikwe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abid Bubalo to maneuver through the defense. Christof Deroek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 12th minute. Christof Deroek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Rein Lombaert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 21st match minute, Selebi-Phikwe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlad Tudose to maneuver through the defense. Johnathan Bowden sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnathan Bowden in the 25th minute of the match. Samuel Navarro made in the 29th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Santino Seco however managed to control. 32 minutes into the match, Johnathan Bowden notched a goal, 1-2, 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. After 35 minutes of play, Selebi-Phikwe's Johnathan Bowden made it 1-3 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! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abram Sarmiento in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christof Deroek saved Selebi-Phikwe from getting behind. Selebi-Phikwe's Christof Deroek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 39th minute of play. With a little luck, Selebi-Phikwe's Christof Deroek got control of the ball when Santino Seco tried to sneak it across the goal line. Selebi-Phikwe's Christof Deroek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Mastache in the 44th minute of play. Christof Deroek made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

Selebi-Phikwe's attentive Rafik Oliwa managed to snatch the ball when Orlando Tafalla made a throw-in in the 51st minute of the game. In the 56th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christof Deroek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christof Deroek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christof Deroek 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 60th minute. In the 62nd 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 65th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Christof Deroek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 minutes, Johnathan Bowden made it 1-4 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. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Secada in the 74th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Christof Deroek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Christof Deroek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santino Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 81st minute, Abram Secada left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. In the 86th 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 91st minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Christof Deroek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Selebi-Phikwe walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.