Challenge

Thunders Field
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Loukianos Staikos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Loukianos Staikos did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Pedro Manzanares 3 minutes into the match. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thorsten Ternes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 6th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 8th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Thorsten Ternes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by 冯亦思 in the 9th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Ferdinand got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thorsten Ternes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thorsten Ternes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santino Seco in the 17th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Tibor Bäuschlein came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thorsten Ternes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 22nd minute of play. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thorsten Ternes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes of play, International Thunders's Tibor Bäuschlein made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute, International Thunders's Loukianos Staikos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. In the 36th minute, Abram Sarmiento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thorsten Ternes was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Thorsten Ternes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Axel Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thorsten Ternes was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

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 52nd minute. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loukianos Staikos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Thorsten Ternes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, International Thunders's Thorsten Ternes got control of the ball when Axel Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Thorsten Ternes made a huge save. Abram Sarmiento might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thorsten Ternes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abram Sarmiento ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 72nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the last second Thorsten Ternes throw himself and got hold of the ball when Abram Sarmiento in the 75thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. International Thunders made a substitution. Percival Costa replaced Loukianos Staikos. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. In the 78th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. International Thunders's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kevin Mastache ran over to the corner to take the kick. Abram Secada made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that International Thunders's Thorsten Ternes managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 87th minute Percival Costa 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. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlo Gerick was slow to take the kick. During this time International Thunders's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Carlo Gerick got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Pascual Carballar kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, Percival Costa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-4. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.