Challenge

New York Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, 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. The supporters of Colombia booed when . SC Manhattan . was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Lin Kuan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mehmet Kerem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 5th minute of the match. Mehmet Kerem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Carballar in the 6th minute of the match. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chico Valadares in the 9th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Valadares in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 13th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Chico Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chico Valadares got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A sloppy throw-in by Luis Cazalla in the 20th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by . SC Manhattan .'s Mateus Botelho. In the 23rd minute, Frank de Boer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Kerem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. When Chico Valadares came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the . SC Manhattan . fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Chico Valadares couldn't finish the play. . SC Manhattan .'s attentive Mateus Botelho managed to snatch the ball when Luis Cazalla made a throw-in in the 28th minute of the game. Chico Valadares scored 1-0 in the 33rd 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilton Valladares in the 35th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehmet Kerem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 40th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chico Valadares to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Colombia's Axel Montenegro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mehmet Kerem. That made the score 1-1 after 56 minutes of play. Chico Valadares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Manzanares having to make a save. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 62nd minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Mehmet Kerem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Axel Montenegro could shoot a difficult shot in the 64th minute, which Mehmet Kerem however easily saved by the left post. When Axel Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Colombia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Montenegro couldn't finish the play. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. In the 70th minute of the match, Ignacio Mastache tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mehmet Kerem saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 71st minute Ignacio Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Kerem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mehmet Kerem stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abram Secada's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. If Mateus Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Colombia's Luis Cazalla got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abram Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mehmet Kerem having to make a save. With a little luck, . SC Manhattan .'s Mehmet Kerem got control of the ball when Abram Secada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mehmet Kerem made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Abram Secada sent off a good shot on target. Mehmet Kerem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 86th minute of play. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after . SC Manhattan .'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kevin Mastache took the corner. The corner led Colombia's Pascual Carballar to fire away a dangerous shot which Mehmet Kerem despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mehmet Kerem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.