Challenge

Manicomio Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abram Sarmiento made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Maní FC booed when Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Mastache didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Wandy Petera sent off a good shot on target. Antonio Indiano kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erling Gentenaar. Gabriel Hauche's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Manzanares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Maní FC's Gabriel Hauche was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pedro Manzanares in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Luis Musko had several of the Colombia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 14 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Pedro Manzanares as he didn't even see the shot coming. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Erling Gentenaar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maní FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Erling Gentenaar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Manzanares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 18 minutes into the match, Abram Sarmiento notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Maní FC's Pascual Pitin. Pascual Pitin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Axel Montenegro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pascual Pitin having to make a save. Pascual Pitin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Hauche in the 24th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Colombia's Abram Sarmiento in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maní FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Pitin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Axel Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pascual Pitin was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Santino Seco hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 38 minutes into the match, Maní FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Pascual Pitin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 41 minutes of play, Colombia's Axel Montenegro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pascual Pitin was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Erling Gentenaar in the 44th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kevin Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascual Pitin having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gabriel Hauche to strike the kick off in the second half. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erling Gentenaar, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Erling Gentenaar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erling Gentenaar in the 67th minute of play. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Gil Negri made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Orlando Tafalla. When Maní FC's Erling Gentenaar in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriel Hauche went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Erling Gentenaar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Manzanares. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Manzanares should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Maní FC's Pascual Pitin got control of the ball when Pascual Carballar tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Maní FC's Gabriel Hauche in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colombia's goalie prevented a goal. Ignacio Mastache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Hauche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erling Gentenaar in the 94th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Maní FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Colombia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.