Challenge

Vicente Calderon
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Batuhin got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Cuatrodeocho's David Batuhin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Felipe Dimas made in the 7th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Nail Horan immediately put the ball in play. When Cuatrodeocho's David Batuhin in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. 11 minutes into the match, Cuatrodeocho's goal looked a bit too open when Axel Montenegro came free, but Fulgencio Villalcazar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Batuhin might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. David Batuhin ran back to his position shaking his head. Luis Cazalla got a throw-in 21 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joshua Garrido. Felipe Dimas made in the 24th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Sid Wilson immediately put the ball in play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Batuhin, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Felipe Dimas, made in the 26th minute of the game. Fulgencio Villalcazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 38th minute of the match. After 39 minutes Cuatrodeocho's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Axel Montenegro who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Santino Seco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cuatrodeocho's Fulgencio Villalcazar did a great save. After some careless play in the Cuatrodeocho defense, Santino Seco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fulgencio Villalcazar. The Cuatrodeocho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fulgencio Villalcazar should have stopped the shot. Cuatrodeocho's Felipe Dimas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Cazalla, made in the 42nd minute of the game. 47 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horea Băieșu.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Cuatrodeocho's defense didn't have a chance, in the 51st minute, when Abram Sarmiento scored to the left of an out of position Fulgencio Villalcazar, making the score, 2-2. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Montenegro got free with Fulgencio Villalcazar in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, Colombia's Fulgencio Villalcazar threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Santino Seco, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santino Seco in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fulgencio Villalcazar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 56th minute of the match Colombia got a corner. Cuatrodeocho's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Montenegro ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cuatrodeocho's Fulgencio Villalcazar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Cuatrodeocho from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Abram Sarmiento took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Fulgencio Villalcazar to make any attempt to save it. After 62 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Colombia! In the 63rd minute there was a penalty for Cuatrodeocho. David Batuhin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pedro Manzanares. 3-3. Cuatrodeocho made a substitution. José Planes replaced Sid Wilson. Cuatrodeocho made a substitution. Marco-Antonio Landa replaced Javier Maroto. Cuatrodeocho's Iván Villafane was substituted for Horea Băieșu. Cuatrodeocho were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Batuhin took the corner. 69 minutes into the game, Gábor Gyepes threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Colombia's Abram Secada quite brazenly broke a throw-in by José Planes, made in the 71st minute of the game. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Batuhin in the 76th minute of the match. David Batuhin might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. David Batuhin ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Batuhin in the 78th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute David Batuhin 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. Pascual Carballar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Fulgencio Villalcazar skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 84 minutes into the game, Pascual Carballar lined in a short shot 4-4 behind a frustrated Fulgencio Villalcazar. Kevin Mastache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Fulgencio Villalcazar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Joshua Garrido. 98 minutes into the match, David Batuhin 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 David Batuhin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-4. Cuatrodeocho's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.