Challenge

La Trepanadora
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abram Sarmiento kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Corneliu Dridu 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Celso Trevisan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Omid Kaulbach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. After 20 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mauro Romero who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Mauro Romero got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 23 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omid Kaulbach. Dr Lecter SC's Corneliu Dridu got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 34 minutes into the game, Axel Montenegro threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dr Lecter SC's Ma Wei Jun quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Corneliu Dridu, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 43 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Dr Lecter SC's Celso Trevisan. Celso Trevisan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Corneliu Dridu to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Corneliu Dridu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Corneliu Dridu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Orlando Tafalla in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dr Lecter SC's Frédson Lira. Dieguinho de Medeiros made in the 57th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mauro Romero immediately put the ball in play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Corneliu Dridu in the 60th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Corneliu Dridu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Corneliu Dridu took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares 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. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. In the 73rd minute, Samuel Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the match, Corneliu Dridu notched a goal, 3-1, 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. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Corneliu Dridu in the 79th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ignacio Mastache in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Celso Trevisan saved Dr Lecter SC from getting behind. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Omid Kaulbach's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omid Kaulbach in the 86th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Celso Trevisan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Secada in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 95th minute of play forced Dr Lecter SC's goalkeeper Celso Trevisan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dr Lecter SC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.