Challenge

Theatre of Dionysus
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Djamel Medjiba sent off a good shot on target. A nice corner shot did that Santino Seco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mebarek Mammeri quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mebarek Mammeri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 10th minute of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmed Toumi in the 11th minute of play. Mebarek Mammeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 minutes Chop Chop F.C.'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. Djamel Medjiba kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Axel Montenegro struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Mebarek Mammeri didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colombia. Mebarek Mammeri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 18th minute of play. Mebarek Mammeri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Tedj Bouguerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 25th minute of play forced Chop Chop F.C.'s goalkeeper Mebarek Mammeri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares stood somewhat misplaced when Daniel Dahleb came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 27 minute. Ahmed Toumi hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 34th minute of play forced Chop Chop F.C.'s goalkeeper Mebarek Mammeri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mebarek Mammeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mebarek Mammeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Carballar in the 39th minute of the match. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chop Chop F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Pascual Carballar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mebarek Mammeri quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chop Chop F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Joshua Garrido managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Dahleb to strike the kick off in the second half. Abdelhamid Zouba made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ahmed Toumi however managed to control. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Axel Montenegro took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Mebarek Mammeri to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Colombia's Abram Sarmiento slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mebarek Mammeri. That made the score 2-2 after 57 minutes of play. In the 61st 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: 2-3. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Chop Chop F.C.'s Larbi Merah was substituted for Ahmed Toumi. Colombia's attentive Antonio Indiano managed to snatch the ball when Larbi Merah made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Chop Chop F.C.'s Djamel Medjiba. But to his dismay, Djamel Medjiba quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Tedj Bouguerra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Dahleb's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. After 77 minutes, Daniel Dahleb made it 4-3 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. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Sha Xu in the 83rd minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shen Sha Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shen Sha Xu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Abram Secada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 92 minutes into the match, Chop Chop F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Mebarek Mammeri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mebarek Mammeri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignacio Mastache went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. With 95 minutes on the clock, Samuel Navarro commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 95 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Colombia!