Challenge

The Dream Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adam Wielowiejski kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Tarada's Serge Jeanneret got a free kick in the 2nd minute. When Abram Sarmiento came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Colombia 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 Abram Sarmiento couldn't finish the play. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stian Aarflot in the 14th minute of the match. The Tarada fans' excitement grew in the 14th match minute when Tarada's Adam Wielowiejski looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Henrick Zeier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abram Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute, Stian Aarflot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henrick Zeier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 18th minute of play. Arthur Hengemühl could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Pedro Manzanares made a huge save. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrick Zeier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Henrick Zeier 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 21st minute. 27 minutes into the game, one of Tarada:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Colombia's Kevin Mastache quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Serge Jeanneret, made in the 30th minute of the game. In the 35th minute Axel Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrick Zeier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Wielowiejski in the 36th minute of the match. Henrick Zeier came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Santino Seco. But to his dismay, Santino Seco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Orlando Tafalla got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute Kevin Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrick Zeier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Manzanares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adam Wielowiejski in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Tarada's Massimo Wechsler was substituted for Leif Kohler. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abram Sarmiento stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Tarada's Arthur Hengemühl made it 2-2 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! Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Wielowiejski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Adam Wielowiejski 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. In the 65th minute Adam Wielowiejski 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. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcel Eichelberger, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Frederik Strzelczyk kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. A collision led to Tarada getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Frederik Strzelczyk hit a great ball. In the 71st minute, Marcel Eichelberger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Manzanares was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Henrick Zeier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kevin Mastache, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 75 minutes into the game, Arthur Hengemühl threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Abram Secada quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcel Eichelberger in the 78th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ignacio Mastache took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henrick Zeier. Henrick Zeier dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Adam Wielowiejski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Manzanares having to interfere. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Wielowiejski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Santino Seco. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Stian Aarflot managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tarada's supporters rose to their feet, but Stian Aarflot 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. Despite being the better team, Tarada failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.