Challenge

大连星海湾大球场
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 庞荣烽 made the kick off which started today's match. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 郝思骏 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. 俞珂宁 hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 郝思骏 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by 『挑战者』大连星海湾's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Venezuela's Jose Correa getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Correa in the 8th minute of play forced 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper 郝思骏 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 何耀星 in the 12 minute of the game. In the 16th match minute, 『挑战者』大连星海湾 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 何耀星 to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 俞珂宁 got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 23rd minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郝思骏 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 郝思骏 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patricio Costa went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The throw-in from Guillermo Mariano in the 32nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 尤烨骋. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 郝思骏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 37th minute of play. 郝思骏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 38th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 郝思骏 was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郝思骏 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 郝思骏 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. 郝思骏 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute, Patricio Costa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 郝思骏 was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Joshua Secada fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Joshua Secada a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of 『挑战者』大连星海湾 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Secada didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 郝思骏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 73rd minute of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 84 minutes, Honorato Edwardo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's supporters crossed their fingers, but Honorato Edwardo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Guillermo Mariano made in the 86th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Illescas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 郝思骏. That made the score 0-5 in the 89 minute of play. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 郝思骏 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 96th minute of play. Venezuela played a much better game than 『挑战者』大连星海湾 and deserved their victory. The 『挑战者』大连星海湾 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.