Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benny Hill kicked off to start the match. After 7 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Gorbea Castejana. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 10th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the game, Joshua Garrido threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Draconia's Gorbea Castejana quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Benny Hill sent off a good shot on target. Jerome Ngake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 18th minute of the match. Colombia's Pascual Carballar quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Paco Fernandez-Solino, made in the 19th minute of the game. The corner ended in Benny Van der Poorten almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares did a great save. Jerome Ngake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of FC Draconia booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benny Hill in the 27th minute of play. Benny Hill blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. A sloppy throw-in by Axel Montenegro in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Draconia's Adrià Vassaras. In the 31st minute Benny Hill 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. In the 34th minute, Colombia's Samuel Navarro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Samuel Navarro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Colombia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Samuel Navarro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 36th minute there was a penalty for FC Draconia. Benny Van der Poorten stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pedro Manzanares. 1-0. In the 39th minute, Benny Hill ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Benny Hill recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Montenegro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Denis Serebryanikov in the 51st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. After 54 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Gorbea Castejana. In the 55th minute Benny Hill 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. FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save FC Draconia from getting a goal against them. In the 69th minute, Colombia's Santino Seco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. FC Draconia made a substitution. Robbin Dirickx replaced Joaquin Lekubegi. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. If Gregoire Decorte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 77 minutes into the game, Orlando Tafalla threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Draconia's Amaury Van den Berge quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Luis Cazalla got a throw-in 80 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joshua Garrido. Jerome Ngake was a little too slow when Abram Secada got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 2-2. After having played for 86 minutes, Gregoire Decorte managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Draconia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gregoire Decorte was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregoire Decorte in the 91st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abram Secada got free with Jerome Ngake in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Colombia players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC Draconia from taking control. The game ends in a draw.