Challenge

Carlos Cuomo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 8th minute, Estación Q.'s Tadeo Lesardo 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. The referee felt a red card was in order, 14 minutes into the game, when Yuan Yuan Hong put in a rough tackle. In the 15th minute, Yuan Yuan Hong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arif Nihat Yıldıray. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 25th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arif Nihat Yıldıray took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 37th minute of play forced Estación Q.'s goalkeeper Arif Nihat Yıldıray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 38 played minutes Estación Q. got a freekick which was hit by Marcos Acuña. 44 minutes into the game, Flavio Chap threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tadeo Lesardo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Tadeo Lesardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estación Q. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 60th 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. Flavio Chap made in the 63rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Benicio Beliran. Axel Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray made a huge save. 70 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Arif Nihat Yıldıray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th match minute, Estación Q. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ziya Özcakir to maneuver through the defense. Colombia made a substitution. Ignacio Mastache replaced Abram Sarmiento. In the 72nd minute, Ziya Özcakir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abram Secada came free with the goalkeeper in the 75th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arif Nihat Yıldıray could save by the left post. Arif Nihat Yıldıray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 85th minute, Pascual Carballar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The throw-in from Flavio Chap in the 88th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. 95 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Benicio Beliran came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Estación Q. had won after a very even match.