Challenge

St. Eriks Stadion
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Olov Johnsson made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carl-Chester Vallgren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 5 minutes, Olov Johnsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VBL Stockholm's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olov Johnsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Olov Johnsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Olov Johnsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The throw-in from Joshua Garrido in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by VBL Stockholm's Algot Markusson. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Olov Johnsson 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 fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Olov Johnsson sent off a good shot on target. In the 32nd minute, Pascual Carballar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carl-Chester Vallgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olov Johnsson took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Olov Johnsson's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Axel Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Carl-Chester Vallgren 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 43rd minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. VBL Stockholm's Carl-Chester Vallgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 51st minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carl-Chester Vallgren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Olov Johnsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carl-Chester Vallgren having to make a save. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Carl-Chester Vallgren successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 62nd minute of play forced VBL Stockholm's goalkeeper Carl-Chester Vallgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Navarro got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Kevin Mastache. The referee felt a red card was in order, 64 minutes into the game, when Sven-Edvin Åström put in a rough tackle. In the 65th match minute, VBL Stockholm was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven-Edvin Åström to maneuver through the defense. In the 66th minute, Axel Montenegro 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. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. 69 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Olov Johnsson came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olov Johnsson in the 71st minute of play. In the 74th minute, Abram Secada left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 77 minutes into the match, VBL Stockholm's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Secada came free, but Carl-Chester Vallgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olov Johnsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. After 81 minutes Colombia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Torbjörn Grönlund who took care of the corner kick. Carl-Chester Vallgren came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Ignacio Mastache. But to his dismay, Ignacio Mastache quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.