Challenge

GMG
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Mihai Voina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Niceto Foro came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the GMG 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 Niceto Foro couldn't finish the play. Mihai Voina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mihai Voina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Joshua Garrido hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Foro in the 10th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the game, GMG's Mihai Voina 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. In the 17th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teofilo Claude saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teofilo Claude 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 20th minute. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by GMG's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Axel Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Orlando Tafalla almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but GMG's Teofilo Claude did a great save. 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 22nd minute. Mihai Voina kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Mihai Voina sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Axel Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Colombia's supporters rose to their feet, but Axel Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teofilo Claude breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 38 minutes into the game, Axel Montenegro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Teofilo Claude was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Long Feng in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Teofilo Claude showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 44th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niceto Foro in the 51st minute of play. Teofilo Claude made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 58th minute of play. Axel Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Teofilo Claude read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihai Voina in the 62nd minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Antonio Indiano hit a great ball. In the 66th 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. GMG's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jacinto Valentine in the 68th minute. Jacinto Valentine made a great header on GMG's corner, it was just that Colombia's Pedro Manzanares managed to reach the ball for a save. GMG's Juan Min was substituted for Niceto Foro. The throw-in from Frank Hombroeckx in the 72nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Kevin Mastache was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 74th minute. Colombia's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Teofilo Claude successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Teofilo Claude 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 85th minute. Felipe-Francisco Sena hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Teofilo Claude was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Pascual Carballar. 89 minutes into the match, Abram Secada notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of GMG's Teofilo Claude. Teofilo Claude was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.