Challenge

MASTERBET FC
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abram Sarmiento got the match started through his kick off. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Macovei in the 5th minute of play. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Marius Macovei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marius Macovei in the 10th minute of play. MasterBets made a substitution. Vedat Tuğlu replaced Robert Aurelianu. MasterBets's Ramiro Marin quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Cazalla, made in the 21st minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Vedat Tuğlu sent off a good shot on target. 25 minutes into the match, MasterBets's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Gigel Zăvoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigel Zăvoiu. MasterBets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Gigel Zăvoiu 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 40th minute. When Vedat Tuğlu came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the MasterBets 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 Vedat Tuğlu couldn't finish the play. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihnea Arnăuțoiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigel Zăvoiu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gigel Zăvoiu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Marius Macovei made the kick off in the second half. Marius Macovei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 56 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Marius Macovei came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 60th minute of play forced MasterBets's goalkeeper Gigel Zăvoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, MasterBets's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Gigel Zăvoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MasterBets's Marius Macovei got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 65 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Marius Macovei came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marius Macovei in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Santino Seco kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gigel Zăvoiu. That made the score 1-2 in the 70 minute of play. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Jacinto Oso charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacinto Oso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, MasterBets's Jacinto Oso got a free kick in the 75th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Zhi Peng in the 85th minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Gong Zhi Peng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bai De Hui'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. Bai De Hui helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th match minute, MasterBets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bai De Hui to maneuver through the defense. When Gong Zhi Peng came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the MasterBets 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 Gong Zhi Peng couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu got control of the ball when Kevin Mastache tried to sneak it across the goal line.