Challenge

Kent Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Pedro Manzanares was a little too slow when Preston Landrum got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Macchia got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 9th minute of the match KARA ☪ KARTAL 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. Xiao Ming Chao ran over to the corner to take the kick. 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. In the 23rd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Junior Zoff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Junior Zoff. Junior Zoff dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Pedro Manzanares was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Antonio Macchia capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antonio Macchia really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Xiao Ming Chao kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Macchia. KARA ☪ KARTAL's Antonio Macchia came free and shot a quick shot against goal 31 minutes in the game, fortunately Pedro Manzanares had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Junior Zoff 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 33rd minute. After 37 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Junior Zoff was left in no man's land by his defense there! Junior Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

58 minutes into the match, KARA ☪ KARTAL's goalkeeper Junior Zoff had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Montenegro. Orlando Tafalla succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-3 in the 59th playminute. 62 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of KARA ☪ KARTAL's Junior Zoff. Junior Zoff was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Pascual Carballar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. In the 71st minute, Preston Landrum 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 4-4. Junior Zoff showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Secada, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Ignacio Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Junior Zoff having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Pasquale Gervais managed to get in a good position for a shot. KARA ☪ KARTAL's supporters rose to their feet, but Pasquale Gervais was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Pasquale Gervais came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the KARA ☪ KARTAL 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 Pasquale Gervais couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Antonio Macchia managed to get in a good position for a shot. KARA ☪ KARTAL's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonio Macchia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 88th 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. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pasquale Gervais in the 90th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pasquale Gervais went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-4 was the resulting score. In the 95th minute Pasquale Gervais 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. KARA ☪ KARTAL'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.