Challenge

Folke Anderson
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Willy Reynolds made the kick off and thus started the match. Pedro Manzanares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willy Reynolds's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Damian Maftei sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Pedro Manzanares managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Esmeraldas S.C.'s Damian Maftei fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kevin Mastache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aguinaga Nebot having to interfere. When Willy Reynolds came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Esmeraldas S.C. 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 Willy Reynolds couldn't finish the play. Santino Seco kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Damian Maftei got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 19 minutes, Willy Reynolds managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esmeraldas S.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Willy Reynolds was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abram Sarmiento in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aguinaga Nebot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 22 minutes of play, Esmeraldas S.C.'s Damian Maftei made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Manzanares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aguinaga Nebot stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axel Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. In the 31st minute, Martinez Cines reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Manzanares. The goal made the score 2-0. Colombia's attentive Pascual Carballar managed to snatch the ball when Yan Zhou Xuan made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. In the 38th minute Santino Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguinaga Nebot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Oskar Petersson sent off a good shot on target. Aguinaga Nebot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Ghitã Fratea made in the 45th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Pinto Cubria however managed to control. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefanos Terzopoulos in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abram Sarmiento to make the kick off. Orlando Tafalla kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. In the 51st minute of the match Stefanos Terzopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pedro Manzanares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Abram Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esmeraldas S.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Abram Sarmiento scored to the left of an out of position Aguinaga Nebot, making the score, 2-2. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oskar Petersson in the 63rd minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Maftei, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Aguinaga Nebot made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Axel Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willy Reynolds in the 69th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Abram Sarmiento came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Willy Reynolds in the 74th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goalkeeper Aguinaga Nebot had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Axel Montenegro. In the 77th minute of the match, Axel Montenegro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aguinaga Nebot was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Daniel Castillo was substituted for Martinez Cines. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Esmeraldas S.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kevin Mastache took the corner. The corner ended in Kevin Mastache almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot did a great save. 83 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aguinaga Nebot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Secada in the 86th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Colombia's Abram Secada ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aguinaga Nebot. Aguinaga Nebot yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Willy Reynolds went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.