Challenge

Duff Stadium
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. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Santino Seco hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Patricio Caminero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lei Bin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Andries De Putter scored 1-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 13 minutes, Edward Huyghebaert made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Colombia's attentive Kevin Mastache managed to snatch the ball when Zeng Sang Chao made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. Orlando Tafalla kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. AFC United's Jordi Scherz shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 34th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Pedro Manzanares but with some difficulty. Lei Bin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lei Bin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Lei Bin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 46th minute of play. If Isaac Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Lei Bin made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Santino Seco sent off a good shot on target. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lei Bin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. A throw-in in the 59th minute of the game was made by Zeng Sang Chao with Ken vrolix as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Lei Bin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Carballar in the 62nd minute of play. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Lei Bin made a huge save. Ken vrolix kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. AFC United's Peru Diaz was substituted for Bilintx Trilla. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. In the 67th match minute, AFC United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ken vrolix to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute of the match Kevin Mastache shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lei Bin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. AFC United's Lei Bin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute Faustino Asprilla 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. 73 minutes into the match, AFC United's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Lei Bin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Colombia's Abram Secada got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.