Challenge

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abram Sarmiento kicked off to start the match. Bozhil Vaptzarov had several of the Colombia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 5 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Pedro Manzanares as he didn't even see the shot coming. Axel Montenegro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 9th minute Bozhil Vaptzarov 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. U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 12th minute of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Gonsalve Flores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gonsalve Flores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 21st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Bozhil Vaptzarov 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. Gonsalve Flores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 29th minute of play. Bozhil Vaptzarov struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U.D. Mancini. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 35th minute of play. U.D. Mancini were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bozhil Vaptzarov took the corner. U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pedro Manzanares in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Rolando Salvatore got a throw-in 45 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nemesio Quiroga. 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 2-0.

Gonsalve Flores made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. 57 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Bozhil Vaptzarov came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After 58 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Pascual Carballar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 59th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Gonsalve Flores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A very nice done corner allowed Santino Seco to score against Gonsalve Flores in U.D. Mancini's goal. 2-1 after 61 minutes. 66 minutes into the game, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Manzanares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. U.D. Mancini's Agustín Pedrosa was substituted for Kadir Celilay. 72 minutes in the game Rolando Salvatore did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Pello Sanz. 73 minutes into the match, Bozhil Vaptzarov 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 Bozhil Vaptzarov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Bozhil Vaptzarov managed to get in a good position for a shot. U.D. Mancini's supporters rose to their feet, but Bozhil Vaptzarov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Henrik Larsson's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Henrik Larsson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th minute, one of U.D. Mancini:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for U.D. Mancini. 90 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Pedrosa came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U.D. Mancini were awarded a corner in the 91th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bozhil Vaptzarov took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Bozhil Vaptzarov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Manzanares quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Rudolf Esken put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. U.D. Mancini's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.