Challenge

Sporting Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abram Sarmiento took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Sartori in the 2nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isaias Jakue struck a weak shot in the 6th 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 Sporting Buceo. In the 10th minute, Isaias Jakue ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Sporting Buceo's Maximo Horquizar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Mastache in the 16th minute of play. Antonio Indiano made in the 17th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Axel Montenegro immediately put the ball in play. Maximo Horquizar 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 18th minute. In the 22nd minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Horquizar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaias Jakue in the 24th minute of play. Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maximo Horquizar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 32nd minute of the match. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Axel Montenegro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maximo Horquizar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The throw-in from Luis Cazalla in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sporting Buceo's Oscar Ruggeri. Abram Sarmiento took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maximo Horquizar. Maximo Horquizar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 46 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Isaias Jakue came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sporting Buceo were awarded a corner in the 48th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Yao Yan Sen took the corner. After the first half Colombia were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Isaias Jakue made the kick off in the second half. Isaias Jakue sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maximo Horquizar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isaias Jakue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Maximo Horquizar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the game, Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue 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, 2-2. Sporting Buceo's Charly Good was substituted for Filimon Gamburtsev. Sporting Buceo made a substitution. Maureen Franco replaced Yao Yan Sen. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. Sporting Buceo made a substitution. Xinto Carreiras replaced Isaias Jakue. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charly Good, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute Xinto Carreiras 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. After 78 minutes of play, Sporting Buceo's Charly Good made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Sporting Buceo fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when Sporting Buceo's Charly Good 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 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 85th minute, Charly Good 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. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charly Good in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute Xinto Carreiras 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. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charly Good, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sporting Buceo had played much better football throughout.