Challenge

El Matadero
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Colombia's Abram Sarmiento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Samuel Navarro lost his temper 5 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 5th minute, one of Colombia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Colombia. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nando Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nando Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Escuadrón Mercenario's Gaspar Abastas got a free kick in the 13th minute. After some careless play in the Escuadrón Mercenario defense, Axel Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nando Toscano. The Escuadrón Mercenario fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nando Toscano should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 20th minute of play forced Escuadrón Mercenario's goalkeeper Nando Toscano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Axel Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Enrique Abeijon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Nando Toscano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 29th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Ramiro Messias 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. In the 33rd match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kevin Mastache to maneuver through the defense. Enrique Abeijon took the ball and in the 34 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 2-1. Nando Toscano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Pedro Manzanares was a little too slow when Ramiro Messias got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Nando Toscano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Axel Montenegro in the 55th minute. In the 58th minute, Zé Pedro Medeiros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Escuadrón Mercenario fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. In the last second Nando Toscano throw himself and got hold of the ball when Axel Montenegro in the 65thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Nando Toscano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 played minutes Escuadrón Mercenario got a freekick which was hit by Cléberson Couto. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. After a rather tough play, Escuadrón Mercenario's Cléberson Couto got a free kick in the 68th minute. In the 79th minute, Cléberson Couto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abram Secada's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nando Toscano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Abram Secada reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nando Toscano. The goal made the score 4-5. Nando Toscano was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Abram Secada capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Abram Secada really showed his touch with that goal: 5-6.