Challenge

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valerios Voutsas made the kick off which started today's match. Pedro Manzanares didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 5th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karl-Heinz Schneider in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Manzanares saved Colombia from getting behind. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefanos Rigopoulos in the 12th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, Nikiforos Fragis threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Laurențiu Susara came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Axel Montenegro. But to his dismay, Axel Montenegro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas. But to his dismay, Valerios Voutsas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Laurențiu Susara. Laurențiu Susara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. In the 29th minute, Abram Sarmiento 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: 2-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Manzanares. That made the score 3-3 after 33 minutes of play. In the 38th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Susara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute, Panos Kabourakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 3-3 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Valerios Voutsas scored 4-3 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Manzanares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 57th minute Karl-Heinz Schneider 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. Saronida FC's Huang Tian Yun was substituted for Valerios Voutsas. Saronida FC's Savas Ravousis was substituted for Manos Oustabasidis. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huang Tian Yun in the 63rd minute of play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Huang Tian Yun in the 65th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Huang Tian Yun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saronida FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Huang Tian Yun 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. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. 71 minutes into the match, Huang Tian Yun 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 Huang Tian Yun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Laurențiu Susara successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huang Tian Yun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kevin Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Laurențiu Susara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kevin Mastache in the 86th minute. The throw-in from Huang Tian Yun in the 92nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. 94 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Huang Tian Yun came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huang Tian Yun in the 95th minute of the match. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.