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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 【№1】Galactic Empire's Damian Paraszczuk started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Paraszczuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, 【№1】Galactic Empire's Piti Hidalgo got a free kick in the 8th minute. Axel Montenegro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 鲁明博. 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 严然诚 in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. Damian Paraszczuk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 鲁明博 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute 【№1】Galactic Empire were awarded a corner. Jaromír Vencl went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Colombia's goalie and right to Tadeusz Psotka. 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. The long shot by Jaromír Vencl in the 21st minute really tested Pedro Manzanares's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 严然诚 in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Damian Paraszczuk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. After 29th play minutes Damian Paraszczuk shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Pedro Manzanares and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaromír Vencl in the 32nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Paraszczuk in the 33rd minute of play. 鲁明博 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 34th minute. In the 36th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 鲁明博 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of 【№1】Galactic Empire's 鲁明博. 鲁明博 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 40th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 鲁明博 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Kevin Mastache got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. In the 43rd match minute, 【№1】Galactic Empire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaromír Vencl to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the 【№1】Galactic Empire defense, Axel Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 鲁明博. The 【№1】Galactic Empire fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 鲁明博 should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tadeusz Psotka in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Tadeusz Psotka put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. In the 61st minute, Tadeusz Psotka 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 3-2. The supporters of Colombia booed when 【№1】Galactic Empire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Formica didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th 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. A sloppy throw-in by Marcin Trzaskoma in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Abram Secada. Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaromír Vencl in the 73rd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Paraszczuk in the 74th minute of the match. 【№1】Galactic Empire's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaromír Vencl in the 76th minute. 80 minutes into the game, 【№1】Galactic Empire's Damian Paraszczuk nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Paraszczuk in the 85th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Tadeusz Psotka left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【№1】Galactic Empire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. 【№1】Galactic Empire were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.