Challenge

The Bottledome
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. With his leg Pedro Manzanares managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Glasston's Rafael van der Vaart fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tom Rheistein was slow to take the kick. During this time Glasston's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Glasston's corner Tom Rheistein fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Manzanares quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafael van der Vaart got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute, Mete Golob 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. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael van der Vaart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jagger Trevena made in the 17th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. In the 18th minute Mete Golob shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Manzanares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 21st minute of play forced Glasston's goalkeeper Carlton Convine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Glasston getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Tom Rheistein hit a great ball. When Colombia's Axel Montenegro in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Glasston's goalie prevented a goal. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute Rafael van der Vaart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Manzanares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlton Convine saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlton Convine made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 35th minute of play. Glasston's Carlton Convine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Glasston's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. In the 41st minute, Kevin Mastache made a precise shot to the right of Carlton Convine. Glasston's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rafael van der Vaart was the one to do the kick off. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Colombia 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 Axel Montenegro couldn't finish the play. Carlton Convine was a little too slow when Santino Seco got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 1-2. Carlton Convine made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Secada in the 72nd minute of play. Rafael van der Vaart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, György Németh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the game, Jagger Trevena threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Abram Secada quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ignacio Mastache received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Carlton Convine came out and tried to block the shot, but Ignacio Mastache slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 80th minute. Glasston's Rafael van der Vaart got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Glasston's Mete Golob. But to his dismay, Mete Golob quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. After 88 minutes, Rafael van der Vaart made it 3-3 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. The supporters of Colombia booed when Glasston was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tom Rheistein didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute, a hard, long distance shot from Kevin Mastache hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 94th minute of play forced Glasston's goalkeeper Carlton Convine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Glasston's Rafael van der Vaart in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Glasston's Eddy Watts got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.