Challenge

September
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FC Builder Sofia's Detelin Borkov 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. 2 minutes into the game, Dimitar Zanev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Builder Sofia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Colombia the free kick. In the 2nd match minute, FC Builder Sofia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitar Zanev to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the FC Builder Sofia defense, Pascual Carballar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gerasim Denishev. The FC Builder Sofia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gerasim Denishev should have stopped the shot. In the 8th minute, Detelin Borkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of FC Builder Sofia booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Mastache didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Colombia's zone, Detelin Borkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal and Detelin Borkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Abram Sarmiento sped through FC Builder Sofia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gerasim Denishev. The Colombia fans' excitement grew in the 22nd match minute when Colombia's Abram Sarmiento looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Gerasim Denishev 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 24th minute. After having played for 26 minutes, Pascual Carballar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colombia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pascual Carballar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gerasim Denishev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FC Builder Sofia getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Dimitar Zanev hit a great ball. After 33 minutes of play, Colombia's Kevin Mastache made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerasim Denishev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pascual Carballar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 38th minute of play forced FC Builder Sofia's goalkeeper Gerasim Denishev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute, Abram Sarmiento 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: 0-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abram Sarmiento made a kick off. Gerasim Denishev 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 53rd minute. After 54 played minutes FC Builder Sofia got a freekick which was hit by Rostislav Atmadzhov. Gerasim Denishev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 55th minute. 58 minutes into the match, FC Builder Sofia's goalkeeper Gerasim Denishev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Sarmiento. In the 59th play minute Abram Sarmiento came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Gerasim Denishev. 0-6. FC Builder Sofia's Gerasim Denishev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pascual Carballar in the 62nd minute of play. FC Builder Sofia made a substitution. Galin Spiridonov replaced Detelin Borkov. FC Builder Sofia's Veselin Menkov was substituted for Stanyo Yachovski. Kevin Mastache received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gerasim Denishev came out and tried to block the shot, but Kevin Mastache slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 71st minute. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. When Galin Spiridonov came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the FC Builder Sofia 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 Galin Spiridonov couldn't finish the play. Santino Seco hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 77 minutes into the match, Velcho Kararizov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Velcho Kararizov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. Ignacio Mastache struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Gerasim Denishev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colombia. Rostislav Atmadzhov kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Abram Secada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasim Denishev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Rostislav Atmadzhov fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Builder Sofia's protests and gave Rostislav Atmadzhov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 92nd minute, Rostislav Atmadzhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerasim Denishev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Kevin Mastache. Gerasim Denishev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ignacio Mastache went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. When the final whistle sounded Colombia left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Builder Sofia.