Challenge

Mineirão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Betão Vargas kicked off to start the match. A collision led to SE Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Alfredão Corrêa hit a great ball. Clayton Sergi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Manzanares came out and tried to block the shot, but Clayton Sergi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. Tony Chaves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Campon in the 15th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, SE Palestra Itália's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Tony Chaves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tony Chaves 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 22nd minute. The audience was convinced that Betão Vargas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Clayton Sergi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Abram Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony Chaves was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Bruno Campon tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Santino Seco got a free kick in the 33rd minute. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Clayton Sergi took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Pedro Manzanares to make any attempt to save it. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Betão Vargas sped through Colombia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. 42 minutes into the match, SE Palestra Itália's goal looked a bit too open when Santino Seco came free, but Tony Chaves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to SE Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Alfredão Corrêa hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abram Sarmiento to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-2. In the 53rd minute, Kevin Mastache 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: 3-3. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Betão Vargas in the 58th minute of play. Tony Chaves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santino Seco in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Betão Vargas came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind SE Palestra Itália's goalkeeper Tony Chaves, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clayton Sergi, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Tony Chaves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. SE Palestra Itália's Richard Mendes was substituted for Clayton Sergi. SE Palestra Itália's Cristóvão Madureira was substituted for Acar Buğrahan. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Tony Chaves threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Abram Secada, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Colombia's Abram Secada quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alfredão Corrêa, made in the 82nd minute of the game. When Colombia's Abram Secada in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SE Palestra Itália's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Abram Secada put it in 3-5 from a short distance just to the right of Tony Chaves. Tony Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Mastache in the 92nd minute of the match. The SE Palestra Itália supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Colombia's performance. The match ended with a win for Colombia.