Challenge

Cromvelde
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Mathijs Rokeloos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Mathijs Rokeloos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 6 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's Mathijs Rokeloos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 7th play minute Mathijs Rokeloos came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Manzanares. 1-0. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathijs Rokeloos in the 14th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of KFC Cromvelde's Jean-Louis Van Bever. Jean-Louis Van Bever was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. KFC Cromvelde were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cosmin Contra took the corner. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Eugenio Cirulli advanced and headed the ball into goal, 2-1 in the 20th minute. In the 24th minute of the match, Dé 武松 got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pedro Manzanares was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 30 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cosmin Contra who took care of the corner kick. 30 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's Matthias Wauters sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herman Frans in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute of the match, Dé 武松 got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pedro Manzanares was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Eugenio Cirulli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. After 42 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Joshua Garrido. Herman Frans kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as KFC Cromvelde's Mathijs Rokeloos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 3-1 after 46 minutes 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 3-1.

The wind increased when Mathijs Rokeloos made the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mathijs Rokeloos in the 51st minute of play. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Mathijs Rokeloos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Jean-Louis Van Bever made a huge save. 70 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Jean-Louis Van Bever reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Mathijs Rokeloos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 88th match minute, KFC Cromvelde was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cosmin Contra to maneuver through the defense. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. After having played for 90 minutes, Kevin Mastache managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colombia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kevin Mastache was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute Abram Secada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Louis Van Bever saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Ignacio Mastache took a quick shot and it went in 4-2 without a chance for Jean-Louis Van Bever to make any attempt to save it. There was no doubt that KFC Cromvelde were the better team. KFC Cromvelde's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.