Challenge

COLISEO
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Leones FC's Pepillo Servin 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. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Oriol Loyola 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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pepillo Servin in the 8th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Pepillo Servin 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 Pepillo Servin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Alfonso Villamarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 15th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Axel Montenegro put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Alfonso Villamarin. Oriol Loyola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. In the 25th minute, Pepillo Servin 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. After 27 minutes of play, Leones FC's Oriol Loyola made it 3-2 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! 31 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Pepillo Servin came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfonso Villamarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 40th minute of the match. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Leones FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Axel Montenegro took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luis Cazalla got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alfonso Villamarin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

Leones FC's Alfonso Villamarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute Arí Brito 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. Alfonso Villamarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 75th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Villamarin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alfonso Villamarin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Leones FC made a substitution. Bibiano Anderica replaced You Qi Zhou. In the 80th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Leones FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kevin Mastache ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Leones FC's goalie and right to Abram Secada. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Leones FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 83 minutes of play, Colombia's Abram Secada made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Villamarin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abram Secada could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Alfonso Villamarin made a huge save. 91 minutes into the match, Teofilio Lorca notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Colombia booed when Leones FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pepillo Servin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leones FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.