U23 League

Estadio Rene Higuita
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) MILAN COLOMBIANO's Erubiel Egun 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. After some careless play in the MILAN COLOMBIANO defense, Teobaldo Javiar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Farid Mondragón. The MILAN COLOMBIANO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Farid Mondragón should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Javiar in the 6th minute of play forced MILAN COLOMBIANO's goalkeeper Farid Mondragón to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute Teobaldo Javiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farid Mondragón saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teobaldo Javiar in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Farid Mondragón saved MILAN COLOMBIANO from getting behind. Farid Mondragón showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teo Beltza, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 20th minute Teo Beltza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farid Mondragón saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erubiel Egun got free with Paulo Francho in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as MILAN COLOMBIANO's Ben Chepchumba slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paulo Francho. That made the score 1-1 after 24 minutes of play. El Renacer del Quijano FC's Paulo Francho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save El Renacer del Quijano FC from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute, Teobaldo Javiar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 30 minutes into the match, MILAN COLOMBIANO's goal looked a bit too open when Teobaldo Javiar came free, but Farid Mondragón reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Erubiel Egun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MILAN COLOMBIANO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After a rather tough play, MILAN COLOMBIANO's Ruben Malvin got a free kick in the 41st minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Teobaldo Javiar to strike the kick off in the second half. Jorge Kauldi hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Erubiel Egun took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paulo Francho. Paulo Francho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. El Renacer del Quijano FC's Paulo Francho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erubiel Egun in the 56th minute of play. El Renacer del Quijano FC's Feliciano Oskarbi was substituted for Sergio Damario. MILAN COLOMBIANO made a substitution. Ariel Tiadoro replaced Armando Chago. MILAN COLOMBIANO made a substitution. Abel Mirande replaced Ben Chepchumba. MILAN COLOMBIANO's Cecilio Gaztea was substituted for Jairo Indar. Florentino Hechter made in the 72nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Claudi Echeverri. The supporters of MILAN COLOMBIANO booed when El Renacer del Quijano FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorge Kauldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpected shot in the 77th minute by Teobaldo Javiar got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. A hard shot 81 in the game by Teobaldo Javiar from a close distance when the talented Farid Mondragón managed to make a qualified save. MILAN COLOMBIANO's players were relieved. Paulo Francho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Tiadoro in the 86th minute of play. Paulo Francho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Mirande in the 88th minute of play. Agus Peto charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agus Peto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. MILAN COLOMBIANO's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.