Challenge

Catalina Pego
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abram Sarmiento got the match started through his kick off. Valentino Ricci's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. The supporters of FUF F.C booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Mastache didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Valentino Ricci kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. After 14 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Lehen was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the match, Sergio Bihar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sergio Bihar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Bihar in the 22nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Valentino Ricci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aurelio Lehen 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 27th minute. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Bihar in the 29th minute of the match. Atabek Ula got in the 34th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Pedro Manzanares handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. In the 37th minute Sergio Bihar 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. Aurelio Lehen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Abram Sarmiento fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colombia's protests and gave Abram Sarmiento a yellow card for diving instead. Abram Sarmiento kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentino Ricci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Valentino Ricci was the one to do the kick off. Aurelio Lehen came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Abram Sarmiento. But to his dismay, Abram Sarmiento quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. In the 57th minute, Jonatan Miro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FUF F.C made a substitution. Maciej Jus replaced Valentino Ricci. FUF F.C made a substitution. Edelmiro Resto replaced Zacarias Austin. After 58 played minutes FUF F.C got a freekick which was hit by Jonatan Miro. Aurelio Lehen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 59th minute of the match. Momo Sampler scored 3-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aurelio Lehen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of FUF F.C booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Tafalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Momo Sampler stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Momo Sampler tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save FUF F.C from getting a goal against them. When Momo Sampler came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the FUF F.C 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 Momo Sampler couldn't finish the play. FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save FUF F.C from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Momo Sampler managed to get in a good position for a shot. FUF F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Momo Sampler 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. Aurelio Lehen was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Santino Seco capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Santino Seco really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Aurelio Lehen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Ignacio Mastache did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-4 to the left of a surprised Aurelio Lehen 95 minutes into the match.