Challenge

Agia Sofia
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Marcelo Winter hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. 5 minutes into the match, AEK S.C's Jelte Bleiswijk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice moves Jelte Bleiswijk could shoot a difficult shot in the 8th minute, which Pedro Manzanares however easily saved by the left post. 9 minutes into the game, Luis Cazalla threw the ball into play from the sideline. AEK S.C's Konstantinos Kouventolakis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 11th minute, Luis Cazalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Jelte Bleiswijk tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 13th minute, Jelte Bleiswijk reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 1-0. After having played for 18 minutes, Jelte Bleiswijk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AEK S.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jelte Bleiswijk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donzel Goyeneta 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. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kevin Carreira was slow to take the kick. During this time AEK S.C's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Kevin Carreira almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares did a great save. In the 24th minute, Jelte Bleiswijk made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Thanasis Koltsidas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute of play forced AEK S.C's goalkeeper Thanasis Koltsidas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanasis Koltsidas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 37th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of AEK S.C's Thanasis Koltsidas. Thanasis Koltsidas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jelte Bleiswijk stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Donzel Goyeneta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donzel Goyeneta in the 60th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Francisco de Andrade in the 62nd minute of play. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thanasis Koltsidas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donzel Goyeneta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abram Secada got free with Thanasis Koltsidas in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. AEK S.C's Thalis Krommidas was substituted for Donzel Goyeneta. The throw-in from Rodrigo Hats in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Carreira in the 82nd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Carreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Kevin Carreira scored 3-2 in the 85th 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. After 89 played minutes AEK S.C got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Papatrechas. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Carreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. AEK S.C's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.