Challenge

José Sand
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th minute, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Federico Colas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Emilio Munio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santino Seco in the 9th minute of play. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 13th minute of play. Axel Montenegro took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emilio Munio. Emilio Munio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Emilio Munio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Mastache in the 22nd minute of play. Emilio Munio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emilio Munio 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 30th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 35th minute. Penalty! The audience was convinced that Federico Colas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. After the first half Colombia were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Federico Colas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute Federico Colas 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. After 63 minutes, Joshua Garrido mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colombia and the Acercate Y Patea de Lejos players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 65 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Joshua Garrido. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kraig Rowley's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Joshua Garrido got his second yellow card in the match during the 73rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. 75 minutes into the match, Kraig Rowley 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 Kraig Rowley was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After having played for 81 minutes, Kraig Rowley managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kraig Rowley was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Kraig Rowley came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kraig Rowley couldn't finish the play. Danilo Errolan charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Danilo Errolan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 85th minute, Danilo Errolan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abram Secada blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emilio Munio having to make a save. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Colombia had controlled the match.