Challenge

Ministry of Magic
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Adriano Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. A sloppy throw-in by Orlando Tafalla in the 10th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by The Obscurials's Fabian Spânu. Matias Ginter made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 16th minute of play forced The Obscurials's goalkeeper Zheng Chao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Obscurials's Zheng Chao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute of play. In the 29th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zheng Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Anders Westerstrand took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Pedro Manzanares to make any attempt to save it. 36 minutes into the match, Adriano Ribeiro 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 Adriano Ribeiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Zheng Chao stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Zheng Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 44th minute of the match. Zheng Chao 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 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adriano Ribeiro was the one to do the kick off. If Adriano Ribeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Ribeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anders Westerstrand in the 59th minute of play. The Obscurials were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fabian Spânu took the corner. The corner led The Obscurials's Fabian Spânu to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 62 minutes of play, Colombia's Santino Seco made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zheng Chao was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Kevin Mastache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 68th minute, Adriano Ribeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Obscurials fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. In the 74th minute, Abram Secada 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. The Obscurials's Angelo Eiró was substituted for Cliff Rowden. The Obscurials made a substitution. Lawrance Grandison replaced Adriano Ribeiro. Zheng Chao came out of the goal in the 77th 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 4-2. Nelson Wright received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute of the match The Obscurials got a corner. Colombia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabian Spânu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led The Obscurials's Fabian Spânu to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 91st minute, Colombia's Abram Secada dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-3. Abram Secada could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Zheng Chao made a huge save. The Obscurials were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.