Challenge

ABUNDIO CASANOVA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Pedro Manzanares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cayo Mario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Cayo Mario came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute Radiohead Freaks Club were awarded a corner. Noe Seedorf went to the cornerflag to take it. Radiohead Freaks Club's Noe Seedorf was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pedro Manzanares in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Cayo Mario might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cayo Mario ran back to his position shaking his head. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cayo Mario in the 12th minute of play. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cayo Mario, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Pedro Manzanares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayo Mario in the 15th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Cayo Mario put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Manzanares. In the 20thth minute of the game Axel Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cayo Mario might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cayo Mario ran back to his position shaking his head. Thom Threepwood didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Montenegro went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. When Cayo Mario came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Radiohead Freaks Club 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 Cayo Mario couldn't finish the play. 29 minutes into the game, Kendall Roy threw the ball into play from the sideline. Colombia's Antonio Indiano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 33rd minute Cayo Mario 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. Thom Threepwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Montenegro in the 37th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Oscar-Alfredo Ruggieri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes into the game, Axel Montenegro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Thom Threepwood was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 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.

The wind increased when Cayo Mario made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Cayo Mario notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Colombia's Pedro Manzanares. Pedro Manzanares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Joshua Garrido made in the 57th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Radiohead Freaks Club's Tubagus Sumampouw. Thom Threepwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abram Sarmiento in the 58th minute of play. Colombia were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Radiohead Freaks Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Axel Montenegro took the corner. Joshua Garrido made a great header on Colombia's corner, it was just that Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood managed to reach the ball for a save. With a little luck, Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood got control of the ball when Abram Sarmiento tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Joshua Garrido got a free kick in the 68th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Cayo Mario came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 73 minutes of play, Radiohead Freaks Club's Cayo Mario made it 3-2 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! When Cayo Mario came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Radiohead Freaks Club 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 Cayo Mario couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd minute of the game Joshua Garrido made a throw-in which Kevin Mastache played forward. In the 82nd minute Kevin Mastache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thom Threepwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Ignacio Mastache dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Thom Threepwood, 3-3. In the 88th minute, Cayo Mario 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 4-3. In the 95th minute, Santino Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Radiohead Freaks Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.