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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Rocendo Profitos made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Kristopher Banks hit a great ball. Lander Arrugueta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Moorhouse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Duncan Chambers made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Restu Gamez. Lander Arrugueta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Ljungberg in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Liam Furniss came free, but Lander Arrugueta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Garth Gunn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rocendo Profitos in the 23rd minute of play. Garth Gunn made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Rocendo Profitos sent off a good shot on target. Lander Arrugueta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liam Furniss in the 28th minute of the match. Lander Arrugueta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liam Furniss in the 28th minute of the match. Fred Ljungberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Colombia's Rocendo Profitos in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye England's goalie prevented a goal. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Lander Arrugueta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Colombia defense, Liam Furniss kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lander Arrugueta. The Colombia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lander Arrugueta should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liam Furniss in the 40th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Lander Arrugueta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zuriko Hidalgo hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Garth Gunn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rocendo Profitos, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Rocendo Profitos took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Garth Gunn. Garth Gunn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Ferman Obeso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Garth Gunn having to interfere. In the 58th minute, one of England:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for England. England:s Garth Gunn showed great skill when he stopped Rocendo Profitos:s penalty. 66 minutes into the match, Liam Furniss dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lander Arrugueta, 1-2. In the 69th minute, Rocendo Profitos 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. Colombia's Daavid Luis was substituted for Ferman Obeso. Colombia's Sayvion Labastida was substituted for Xabat Jares. Duncan Chambers made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Daavid Luis. Liam Furniss's late challenge caught a Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Liam Furniss helped the player get up and apologised. After 86 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Liam Furniss. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Caio Lagala in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Garth Gunn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Caio Lagala's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Garth Gunn was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daavid Luis in the 91st minute. Garth Gunn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daavid Luis, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 94th match minute, England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Moorhouse to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute Caio Lagala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Garth Gunn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Colombia's Caio Lagala managed to work through England's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Caio Lagala dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The England supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing England would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.