Challenge

Carlos Cuomo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tadeo Lesardo started the match with the kick off. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeo Lesardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colombia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Phillip Hunt was slow to take the kick. During this time Estación Q.'s players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Colombia's goalie and right to Aurelio Mincho. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Colombia's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 8th minute Tadeo Lesardo 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. 10 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tadeo Lesardo. In the 12th minute Estación Q. were awarded a corner. Phillip Hunt went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Tadeo Lesardo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Colombia's Pedro Manzanares did a great save. 13 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeo Lesardo came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Tadeo Lesardo sent off a good shot on target. A sloppy throw-in by Luis Cazalla in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Estación Q.'s Marcos Acuña. Colombia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 17th minute, when Tadeo Lesardo scored to the left of an out of position Pedro Manzanares, making the score, 1-0. After 22 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Indiano. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Phillip Hunt went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tadeo Lesardo got free with Pedro Manzanares in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santino Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 38 minutes into the match, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arif Nihat Yıldıray narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Manzanares was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Tadeo Lesardo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tadeo Lesardo really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. After some careless play in the Estación Q. defense, Pascual Carballar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arif Nihat Yıldıray. The Estación Q. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arif Nihat Yıldıray should have stopped the shot. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Flavio Chap made in the 52nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Tadeo Lesardo however managed to control. Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 54th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Estación Q.'s zone, Kevin Mastache stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arif Nihat Yıldıray came out of the goal and Kevin Mastache tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Estación Q.'s Arif Nihat Yıldıray played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santino Seco in the 60th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benicio Beliran, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Orlando Tafalla hit a great ball. Benicio Beliran took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Phillip Hunt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Abram Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arif Nihat Yıldıray having to make a save. Thanks to some nice moves Abram Secada could shoot a difficult shot in the 85th minute, which Arif Nihat Yıldıray however easily saved by the left post. Abram Secada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abram Secada in the 87th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ignacio Mastache in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arif Nihat Yıldıray saved Estación Q. from getting behind. Abram Secada who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Arif Nihat Yıldıray when he managed to save the team from getting behind.