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Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Turgay Hafi kicked off to start the match. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kevin Mastache in the 7th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Turgay Hafi 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 Turgay Hafi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 12 minutes of play, Bancruz F.C's Turgay Hafi made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Turgay Hafi's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Turgay Hafi in the 17th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Turgay Hafi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 3-0. Turgay Hafi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Manzanares came out and tried to block the shot, but Turgay Hafi slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 22nd minute. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 29th minute of the match. In the 34th minute Turgay Hafi 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. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 36th minute of play forced Bancruz F.C's goalkeeper Ciro Nerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Turgay Hafi in the 38th minute. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santino Seco in the 41st minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Bancruz F.C's Ciro Nerio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Bancruz F.C from getting a goal against them. A throw-in in the 55th minute of the game was made by Zhelyazko Balakov with Luca Driver as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 64 minutes into the game, Zhelyazko Balakov threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Turgay Hafi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute, Luca Driver hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Bancruz F.C made a substitution. Alfonso Tauro replaced Clodoveo Matro. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Çelikan Koçaş in the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute Çelikan Koçaş 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 75th minute, Çelikan Koçaş made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Abram Secada did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-1 to the left of a surprised Ciro Nerio 81 minutes into the match. Bancruz F.C made a substitution. Andro Konsap replaced Carlos Borghi. Abram Secada received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ciro Nerio came out and tried to block the shot, but Abram Secada slotted it home off the left post making it 5-2 in the 89th minute. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Çelikan Koçaş put it in 6-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Zhelyazko Balakov made in the 96th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. Colombia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.