Challenge

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. Axel Montenegro hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The supporters of Colombia booed when The Beatles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Rondou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pascual Carballar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Takis Koutsos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot 8 in the game by Zeca Brodel from a close distance when the talented Pedro Manzanares managed to make a qualified save. Colombia's players were relieved. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Beatles'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 went over the outstretched arms of The Beatles's goalie and right to Kevin Mastache. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. The Beatles's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The Beatles's Doru Lițu was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 22nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evert Österlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when The Beatles's Doru Lițu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Takis Koutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 33rd minute of play forced The Beatles's goalkeeper Takis Koutsos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Takis Koutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zeca Brodel. 35 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zeca Brodel. 39 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zeca Brodel. 45 minutes into the match, Colombia's Axel Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Takis Koutsos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 51st minute, Doru Lițu made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Colombia's Axel Montenegro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Takis Koutsos. That made the score 3-1 after 53 minutes of play. Takis Koutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 62nd minute of play forced The Beatles's goalkeeper Takis Koutsos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Doru Lițu 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. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Beatles's goalkeeper Takis Koutsos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doru Lițu in the 69th minute of the match. The Beatles made a substitution. Hernani Medeiros replaced Zeca Brodel. The Beatles's Frederico Messias was substituted for Evert Österlund. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. The Beatles made a substitution. Marcos Barral replaced Doru Lițu. Abram Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Takis Koutsos having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Mastache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Takis Koutsos was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81st minute, Marcos Barral 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 4-3. After 83 played minutes The Beatles got a freekick which was hit by Elder Santos. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Mastache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Takis Koutsos was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind The Beatles's goalkeeper Takis Koutsos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Hernani Medeiros notched a goal, 5-3, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.