Challenge

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Remigio Vigil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Berbiz'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. Carlos Berbiz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Carlos Berbiz got a free kick in the 8th minute. Remigio Vigil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Remigio Vigil in the 12th minute. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 13th minute. Cheng Zhan Sheng made a great header on White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s corner, it was just that Colombia's Pedro Manzanares managed to reach the ball for a save. Cheng Zhan Sheng was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 18th minute. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 22 minutes into the game, one of Colombia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Pedro Manzanares had in the 23rdth minute some difficulties stopping Cheng Zhan Sheng's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Xiao Fan Jing tried to sneak it across the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remigio Vigil. Cheng Zhan Sheng could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Magne Wenerdahl in the 32nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remigio Vigil had several of the Colombia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 35 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 1-1 score and a disappointed Pedro Manzanares as he didn't even see the shot coming. Xiao Fan Jing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Kajetan Ruszkowski hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute, Kevin Mastache ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Codruț Hanganu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Remigio Vigil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Remigio Vigil made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Remigio Vigil 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 55th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute Remigio Vigil 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. In the 61st match minute, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kajetan Ruszkowski to maneuver through the defense. Codruț Hanganu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Axel Montenegro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Codruț Hanganu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Axel Montenegro charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Axel Montenegro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Axel Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Cheng Zhan Sheng 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. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. The audience was convinced that Remigio Vigil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. When White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Remigio Vigil in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 76 minutes, Remigio Vigil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Remigio Vigil 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 83rd minute of the match Colombia got a corner. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'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. It was a well-played corner which Pascual Carballar managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The supporters of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel Navarro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute of the match Cheng Zhan Sheng shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pedro Manzanares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 90th minute Cheng Zhan Sheng 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. Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colombia succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- had controlled the match.