Challenge

Nordharz Stadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The crowd rose to their feet as Jurek Ohrem kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Jacek Matuch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Éthan Pichard in the 12th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch. Jacek Matuch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When SV Bad Harzburg's Éthan Pichard in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Silvestre Loi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurek Ohrem in the 29th minute of the match. Jacek Matuch stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Samuel Navarro got a free kick in the 41st minute. Pedro Manzanares was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Mathias Schulten. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 46 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Jacek Matuch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvestre Loi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Jacek Matuch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of Colombia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SV Bad Harzburg:s goal. Jacek Matuch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Éthan Pichard came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 62nd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by SV Bad Harzburg's Kaimo Liiva. But to his dismay, Kaimo Liiva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 75th minute of play forced SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacek Matuch came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Santino Seco. But to his dismay, Santino Seco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Santino Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Jacek Matuch tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kevin Mastache might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacek Matuch. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kevin Mastache ran back to his position shaking his head. Jacek Matuch was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abram Secada showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 90 minute of play. When Colombia's Ignacio Mastache in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SV Bad Harzburg's goalie prevented a goal. Jacek Matuch stood somewhat misplaced when Santino Seco came free in front of goal and shot 3-4 to the left of him in the 96 minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Colombia had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.