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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Matteo Mata started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The crowd rose to their feet as ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Matteo Mata slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 2-0 after 9 minutes of play. 17 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Derman Soysaldı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th 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. Derman Soysaldı showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santino Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After 33 minutes, Anton Scheupach mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► and the Colombia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Anton Scheupach hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute, Axel Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Derman Soysaldı. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matteo Mata in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute, Axel Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Derman Soysaldı was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Matteo Mata 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 3-3. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matteo Mata in the 55th minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Matteo Mata came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Matteo Mata cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-3. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matteo Mata in the 61st minute of play. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anton Scheupach in the 62nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Anton Scheupach got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Matteo Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Matteo Mata. But to his dismay, Matteo Mata quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-3. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matteo Mata, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. If Mustafa Yaşar Recai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The throw-in from Luis Cazalla in the 75th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Mete Taçkın. 77 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Matteo Mata sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Matteo Mata'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 78th minute of play. Ignacio Mastache recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Hasan Bağış was substituted for Caroll Baskin. Matteo Mata scored 6-3 in the 86th 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. Derman Soysaldı made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 89th minute. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Derman Soysaldı proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► from getting a goal against them. 92 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Matteo Mata sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matteo Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of Colombia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►:s goal. Colombia:s Pedro Manzanares showed great skill when he stopped Matteo Mata:s penalty. For all the effort they put into the match, the Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►.