Challenge

Est Metropolitano
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) 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. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Su in the 3rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Damian Su's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Federico Colas. But to his dismay, Federico Colas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Emilio Munio made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Colas in the 14th minute of play. In the 14th minute Federico Colas 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. In the 18th minute, Federico Colas 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 0-2. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jose Gipuzkoa took the corner. 30 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Federico Colas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 32 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Colas came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Munio 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 38th minute. 38 minutes into the game, Abram Sarmiento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Emilio Munio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Emilio Munio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

51 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Emilio Munio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santino Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilio Munio having to interfere. The throw-in from Pepo Hachak in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Emilio Munio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Munio was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Javier Milei replaced Teodosio Bilintx. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Kraig Rowley replaced Federico Colas. 66 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Emilio Munio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute, Axel Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emilio Munio was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. In the 71st minute Kraig Rowley 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. After 74 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Primitivo Jatsu. 76 minutes into the game, Kraig Rowley cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Pedro Manzanares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 80 minutes of play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Kraig Rowley made it 3-4 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! Kraig Rowley succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-5 in the 86th playminute. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Primitivo Jatsu hit a great ball. The Acercate Y Patea de Lejos supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Acercate Y Patea de Lejos would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.