Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the game, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch 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, 0-1. Qin Fan Sheng made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 10th minute. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 17th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Abram Sarmiento 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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 25th minute of play. Kevin Mastache might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Qin Fan Sheng. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kevin Mastache ran back to his position shaking his head. Colombia's Kevin Mastache managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cornelio Bastia in the 28 minute of the game. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 28th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 31st minute by Kevin Mastache got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 35th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Crouch came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch. But to his dismay, Peter Crouch quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Horacio Librado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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 42nd minute of play. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Qin Fan Sheng made a huge save. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 48th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Abram Sarmiento 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. The corner led to Colombia's Joshua Garrido getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 68th minute, ZORZAL01's Millrick Moya seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Millrick Moya the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of ZORZAL01 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Millrick Moya had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Qin Fan Sheng had in the 71stth minute some difficulties stopping Kevin Mastache's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 77th minute of play. Qin Fan Sheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ejner Neinvig during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 89 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Ejner Neinvig. Joshua Garrido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Qin Fan Sheng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Secada's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Cornelio Bastia hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Qin Fan Sheng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Mastache's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Ignacio Mastache scored 1-3 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Qin Fan Sheng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ZORZAL01 had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.