Challenge

ZORZAL01
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Colombia's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Peter Crouch fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 10 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. ZORZAL01's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abram Sarmiento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 16 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 1-1 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 20 minutes, Peter Crouch managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZORZAL01's supporters crossed their fingers, but Peter Crouch was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Peter Crouch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 26th minute ZORZAL01 were awarded a corner. Pavel Nedvěd went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Colombia's goalie and right to Ejner Neinvig. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Colombia's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 28 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavel Nedvěd made in the 38th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Peter Crouch. After 44 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 3-1 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! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Crouch to strike the kick off in the second half. Santino Seco spun around in front of the goal 51 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of ZORZAL01's goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santino Seco got free with Qin Fan Sheng in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 58 minutes into the game, Antonio Indiano threw the ball into play from the sideline. ZORZAL01's Cornelio Bastia quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Qin Fan Sheng 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 62nd minute. ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascual Carballar in the 67th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Crouch struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZORZAL01. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Crouch in the 72nd minute of play. When Kevin Mastache came up free with the goalie in the 77th 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 Kevin Mastache couldn't finish the play. 80 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 83rd minute, Peter Crouch 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 5-1. ZORZAL01's Cornelio Bastia quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Kevin Mastache, made in the 87th minute of the game. In the 93rd minute Ignacio Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Fan Sheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Librado in the 95th minute of play.