Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Juli Alvarez got the match started through his kick off. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juli Alvarez in the 5th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Juli Alvarez put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lorenz Santos in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco-Antonio Nunez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Marco-Antonio Nunez in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 16 minutes Meliana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Axel Montenegro who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Santino Seco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Marco-Antonio Nunez 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 16th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Juli Alvarez came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Will Appleton made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Pascual Carballar. In the 33rd minute, Lucjan Penkalski made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Penkalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco-Antonio Nunez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 44th minute. The supporters of Colombia booed when Meliana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iulian Glodeanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abram Sarmiento made a kick off. Marco-Antonio Nunez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco-Antonio Nunez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 52nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Meliana defense, Axel Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco-Antonio Nunez. The Meliana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco-Antonio Nunez should have stopped the shot. Lucjan Penkalski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute, Samuel Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Meliana's Iulian Glodeanu got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th match minute, Meliana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iulian Glodeanu to maneuver through the defense. Marco-Antonio Nunez 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 70th minute. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucjan Penkalski in the 79th minute. Marco-Antonio Nunez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignacio Mastache went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Marco-Antonio Nunez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Secada, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the game, Juli Alvarez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Meliana's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Colombia the free kick. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Secada, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Lucjan Penkalski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 92nd minute of play. After 93 minutes of play, Colombia's Ignacio Mastache made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco-Antonio Nunez was left in no man's land by his defense there!