Challenge

Berca Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albertinho Alagoano in the 2nd minute of play. Albertinho Alagoano took the ball and in the 5 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 1-0. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charalambos Vokolos, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Lino Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Flavio Valines 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. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Flavio Valines in the 13th minute of play. Lino Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charalambos Vokolos in the 21st 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, Axel Montenegro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Axel Montenegro 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. 25 minutes into the match, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Lino Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Santino Seco got a free kick in the 25th minute. Lino Mazza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. If Abram Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Santino Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lino Mazza having to interfere. Lino Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 42nd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Albertinho Alagoano sent off a good shot on target. Cosmin Iancu made in the 47th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Albertinho Alagoano made a kick off. 63 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lino Mazza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 67th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Lino Mazza got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Cosmin Iancu made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Lino Mazza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abram Secada in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute Eusebiu Tunar 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abram Secada in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lino Mazza saved -BZF- Petrolul Berca from getting behind. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper Lino Mazza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, Colombia's Abram Secada sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lino Mazza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lino Mazza made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Abram Secada sent off a good shot on target. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Charalambos Vokolos got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.