Monumental Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, Barcelona de América's Lorenzo Viergol made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barcelona de América's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. Luis Cazalla made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that Barcelona de América's Tenorio Reiriz managed to reach the ball for a save. Colombia's Axel Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elias Pettersson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Pedro Manzanares 16 minutes into the match. After 22 minutes Barcelona de América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Axel Montenegro who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Axel Montenegro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Barcelona de América's Tenorio Reiriz did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Barcelona de América's zone, Kevin Mastache stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tenorio Reiriz came out of the goal and Kevin Mastache tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tenorio Reiriz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 26th minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Tenorio Reiriz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tenorio Reiriz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joshua Garrido, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bradford Scalzo in the 29th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Axel Montenegro put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Tenorio Reiriz. When Joshua Garrido came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Colombia 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 Joshua Garrido couldn't finish the play. Lorenzo Viergol's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lorenzo Viergol helped the player get up and apologised. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barcelona de América's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. Pascual Carballar was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Elias Pettersson made a kick off. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Axel Montenegro hit a great ball. Tenorio Reiriz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Montenegros short, quick shot in the 58thth minute got Tenorio Reiriz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Barcelona de América's zone, Luis Cazalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tenorio Reiriz came out of the goal and Luis Cazalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tenorio Reiriz 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 65th minute. Tenorio Reiriz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute Lorenzo Viergol 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. 69 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tenorio Reiriz. Barcelona de América's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Viergol in the 76th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tenorio Reiriz made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Abram Secada sent off a good shot on target. In the 79th minute Joshua Garrido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tenorio Reiriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abram Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tenorio Reiriz having to make a save. Barcelona de América's Tenorio Reiriz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Barcelona de América from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, Colombia's Abram Secada sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tenorio Reiriz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kevin Mastache in the 83rd minute. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Kevin Mastache fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tenorio Reiriz quite easily take care of the ball. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Calisto Cean in the 85th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorenzo Viergol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute Ignacio Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tenorio Reiriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Barcelona de América's Tenorio Reiriz got control of the ball when Orlando Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Barcelona de América's Hugo Sitnieks got a free kick in the 89th minute. Abram Secada's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tenorio Reiriz firmly grabbed it by the left post. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gentenaar, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Hugo Sitnieks got a throw-in 94 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Calisto Cean. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gentenaar, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Barcelona de América.
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