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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Doug Las Casas got the match started through his kick off. Pajala Sunrise's Mathias Nässén quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guillermo Mariano, made in the 8th minute of the game. The throw-in from Börje Axelsson in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jose Correa. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. After 13 minutes, Stig Larsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pajala Sunrise and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Pajala Sunrise getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Stig Larsson hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the match, 王 江志锋 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 王 江志锋 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cholachat Coolcat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 王 江志锋 in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doug Las Casas in the 34th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes in the game Stig Larsson did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Börje Axelsson. 王 江志锋's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 38thth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stig Larsson made in the 45th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Börje Axelsson however managed to control. 47 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 王 江志锋. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 2-0 when 王 江志锋 sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Cholachat Coolcat was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 2-1. 王 江志锋 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Cholachat Coolcat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 59th minute of play. Pajala Sunrise's Doug Las Casas got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pajala Sunrise's Per-Arne Svartengren was substituted for Ingvar Lindqvist. In the 72ndth minute of the game 王 江志锋 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cholachat Coolcat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 74th minute of the match. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doug Las Casas in the 78th minute of the match. A throw-in in the 86th minute of the game was made by Guillermo Mariano with Tomas Illescas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, Doug Las Casas made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pajala Sunrise.