Challenge

New Stadium Miran
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arturo Turner made the kick off which started today's match. Wiliam Ferraz hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute, New Miran FC's Arturo Turner 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. Charlie Vandamme struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for New Miran FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 18th minute of play forced New Miran FC's goalkeeper Gino Tonić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Colombia's Samuel Navarro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Samuel Navarro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Colombia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Samuel Navarro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 20 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Colombia! Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johan Neeskens, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Johan Neeskens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the match, New Miran FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Gino Tonić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Colombia's attentive Kevin Mastache managed to snatch the ball when Wiliam Ferraz made a throw-in in the 29th minute of the game. Gino Tonić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 30th minute of the match. Abram Sarmiento blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gino Tonić having to make a save. In the 43rd 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: 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. If Joshua Garrido had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gino Tonić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugo De Leon hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gino Tonić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute Johan Neeskens 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santino Seco in the 65th minute of play forced New Miran FC's goalkeeper Gino Tonić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santino Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gino Tonić having to interfere. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. In the 82nd minute, Ignacio Mastache got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 84th minute of play forced New Miran FC's goalkeeper Gino Tonić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by New Miran FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kevin Mastache was slow to take the kick. During this time Colombia's players had a chance to rest. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Vandamme in the 87th minute of play. After 93 minutes, Wiliam Ferraz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the New Miran FC and the Colombia players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Colombia booed when New Miran FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wiliam Ferraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute, Ignacio Mastache reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gino Tonić. The goal made the score 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.