Challenge

Estadio Meliana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abram Sarmiento got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the game, Meliana's Juli Alvarez 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, 1-0. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radamel Falcão, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute, Iker Pinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco-Antonio Nunez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juli Alvarez in the 18th minute of play. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 19th minute of the match. When Colombia's Abram Sarmiento in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Meliana's goalie prevented a goal. Colombia's Kevin Mastache managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Will Appleton in the 24 minute of the game. In the 25th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco-Antonio Nunez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco-Antonio Nunez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 28th minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco-Antonio Nunez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 35th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Montenegro in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco-Antonio Nunez saved Meliana from getting behind. A sloppy throw-in by Will Appleton in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 43rd minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Meliana's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Marco-Antonio Nunez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Penkalski got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Juli Alvarez to strike the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radamel Falcão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 52nd minute, Juli Alvarez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Meliana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Marco-Antonio Nunez 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 57th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Radamel Falcão in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Manzanares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Radamel Falcão's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. After having played for 60 minutes, Axel Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colombia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Axel Montenegro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 64th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Penkalski in the 67th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juli Alvarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. 78 minutes into the match, Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Secada. Juli Alvarez hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Marco-Antonio Nunez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Meliana's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.