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Ezio Scida
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Abram Sarmiento made the kick off and thus started the match. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Vennard Sundoro 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. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The throw-in from Ştefan Mârzac in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Montenegro in the 13th minute of play forced f.c. sKRotone's goalkeeper Dan Focșa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute of the game Ştefan Mârzac made a throw-in which Ferdinando De Angelis played forward. f.c. sKRotone's Dan Focșa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 23rd minute of play. Armando Vasco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. If Axel Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dan Focșa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Vasco in the 29th minute of the match. Dan Focșa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 31st minute of play. Dan Focșa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Axel Montenegro in the 33rd minute of the match. Ştefan Mârzac got a throw-in 34 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Frans Toussain. In the 36th minute, Colombia's Samuel Navarro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Samuel Navarro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Colombia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Samuel Navarro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Colombia:s Pedro Manzanares showed great skill when he stopped Ştefan Mârzac:s penalty. In the 37th minute, Ştefan Mârzac made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Manzanares. Colombia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 40 minutes into the match, Colombia's Abram Sarmiento sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dan Focșa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Abram Sarmiento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dan Focșa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frans Toussain to make the kick off. Dan Focșa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 54th minute of play. A collision led to f.c. sKRotone getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Edgar Salinas hit a great ball. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frans Toussain in the 65th minute of play. Colombia's Ignacio Mastache was substituted for Abram Sarmiento. Santino Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Dan Focșa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Ignacio Mastache took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Dan Focșa to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, f.c. sKRotone's Sven-Ove Kjellman got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Dan Focșa acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 74th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Kevin Mastache. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 91st minute of play forced f.c. sKRotone's goalkeeper Dan Focșa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Kevin Mastache went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Colombia's Santino Seco getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal.