Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Benny Hill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 4th 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. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benny Hill in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benny Hill. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benny Van der Poorten was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Draconia's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC Draconia's Benny Van der Poorten to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Kevin Mastache hit a great ball. A sloppy throw-in by Joshua Garrido in the 13th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Draconia's Gorbea Castejana. 14 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's Benny Hill sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joshua Garrido got a throw-in 15 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Santino Seco. 18 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benny Hill. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd minute, Benny Hill reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 27th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Jerome Ngake to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A well-hit corner resulted in Joshua Garrido heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Antonio Indiano made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Antonio Indiano immediately put the ball in play. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 33rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joaquin Lekubegi got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th minute, Santino Seco made a precise shot to the right of Jerome Ngake. FC Draconia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Jerome Ngake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerome Ngake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 44th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, Denis Serebryanikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Draconia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Colombia the free kick. In the 47th minute, Denis Serebryanikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 49th minute, Santino Seco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jerome Ngake was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benny Hill was the one to do the kick off. When Pascual Carballar fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colombia's protests and gave Pascual Carballar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 55th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Walter Bernaerts to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerome Ngake was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Jerome Ngake 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 62nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kevin Mastache during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kevin Mastache kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. After 68 played minutes, FC Draconia's Benny Van der Poorten shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Draconia reached it. Abram Sarmiento received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jerome Ngake came out and tried to block the shot, but Abram Sarmiento slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 70th minute. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. FC Draconia made a substitution. Robbin Dirickx replaced Joaquin Lekubegi. FC Draconia's Gregoire Decorte was substituted for Benny Hill. FC Draconia's Harald Sulems quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joshua Garrido, made in the 77th minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregoire Decorte in the 77th minute of play. Jerome Ngake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute of the match, Ignacio Mastache tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jerome Ngake saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregoire Decorte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89thth minute of the game Gregoire Decorte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Gregoire Decorte sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Gregoire Decorte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 94th 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. Jerome Ngake made a fantastic save in the 98th minute, when Ignacio Mastache sent off a good shot on target. Colombia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.