Challenge

Queen Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dušan Vlahović started the match with the kick off. Kevin Mastache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Long Liang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Isăilă came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orlando Tafalla made in the 11th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Axel Montenegro immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 16th minute of play forced ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Long Liang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Long Liang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 24th minute of play forced ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Long Liang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 played minutes Manuel Isăilă rounded Colombia's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. The throw-in from Mugurel Florei in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Eugen in the 35th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Pedro Manzanares successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 46 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. 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 Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dušan Vlahović in the 53rd minute of the match. Manuel Isăilă's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Isăilă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mugurel Florei got a throw-in 60 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Manuel Isăilă. With a little luck, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Long Liang got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dušan Vlahović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel Isăilă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 78th minute Manuel Isăilă 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. Mugurel Florei hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Mihai Tâbârnă was substituted for Manuel Isăilă. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Argir Stariradev was substituted for Leo Billock. In the 81st minute, Mugurel Florei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mugurel Florei kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argir Stariradev in the 88th minute of play. Long Liang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 93rd minute. 95 minutes into the match, Abram Secada had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Long Liang. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Secada was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. When the referee ended the match the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.