Challenge

Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alan Said got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Sergen Sergen 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! After having played for 5 minutes, Sergen Sergen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Attard Gunners's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sergen Sergen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jay Jowsey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 10th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Alan Said sent off a good shot on target. In the 12th 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. Adrian Grech charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adrian Grech the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Attard Gunners:s Jay Jowsey showed great skill when he stopped Axel Montenegro:s penalty. The audience was convinced that Sergen Sergen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Attard Gunners's Adrian Grech got his second yellow card of the match in the 22nd minute. The referee ordered Adrian Grech off the ground. In the 23rd match minute, Attard Gunners was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Grech to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Grech kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Jay Jowsey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 25th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jay Jowsey. Attard Gunners's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Jay Jowsey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Simon Lia kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 36 minutes into the match, Attard Gunners's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Jay Jowsey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Abram Sarmiento managed to get in a good position for a shot. Colombia's supporters rose to their feet, but Abram Sarmiento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jay Jowsey breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 41st minute, Neville Ciscaldi 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 Simon Lia tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 49th 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 Axel Montenegro couldn't finish the play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off in the second half. If Sergen Sergen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jay Jowsey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 56th minute of play. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Attard Gunners's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Axel Montenegro took the corner. Jay Jowsey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 61st minute of the match. Axel Montenegro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Jay Jowsey skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Axel Montenegro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jay Jowsey. That made the score 2-3 in the 66 minute of play. Jay Jowsey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 70th minute of play. Jay Jowsey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 71st minute. In the 76th minute Sergen Sergen 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. Kevin Mastache's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jay Jowsey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Simon Lia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Jay Jowsey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 88th minute of the match. Jay Jowsey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Attard Gunners's Jay Jowsey got control of the ball when Ignacio Mastache tried to sneak it across the goal line. Attard Gunners's Adrian Savona was substituted for Sergen Sergen. Colombia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.