Challenge

Surahammar
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Surahammar's Victor Santxol ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Billy Fristedt hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Jan Lindström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 8th minute of play. In the 8th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Lindström 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 13th minute. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Santxol in the 14th minute of play. In the 14th minute Victor Santxol 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 15th minute Kevin Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Surahammar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Montenegro ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Colombia's corner Kevin Mastache fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jan Lindström quite easily take care of the ball. In the 19th 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 24th minute of play forced Surahammar's goalkeeper Jan Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the game, Santino Seco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jan Lindström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 29 minutes into the match, Surahammar's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Jan Lindström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Santxol got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Orlando Tafalla made in the 35th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Surahammar's Vincent Benett. 35 minutes into the game, Victor Santxol recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Pedro Manzanares. Victor Santxol showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Surahammar's Jan Lindström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Axel Montenegro notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Surahammar's Jan Lindström. Jan Lindström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 44 minutes, Billy Fristedt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Surahammar and the Colombia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Billy Fristedt kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The Colombia fans' excitement grew in the 46th match minute when Colombia's Axel Montenegro 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 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After the first half Colombia were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Victor Santxol 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 Victor Santxol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. The throw-in from Virgil Van Dijk in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Jan Lindström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pascual Carballar in the 57th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Santxol came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Surahammar's André Pettersson was substituted for Victor Santxol. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from André Pettersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, André Pettersson 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. 66 minutes into the match, Surahammar's André Pettersson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Manzanares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Surahammar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Xiao Yan Jian in the 69th minute. Radamel Oakley was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 81st minute, André Pettersson made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-3. Jan Lindström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kevin Mastache in the 86th minute. In the 88th minute Surahammar were awarded a corner. Xiao Yan Jian went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Pettersson in the 90th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Pettersson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Radamel Oakley came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Surahammar 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 Radamel Oakley couldn't finish the play.