Challenge

Marla Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ankaios Garofalis took the kick off in the first half of the match. The throw-in from Guillermo Mariano in the 2nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by K.F.MALIQI's Gigio Doro. Gigio Doro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Gigio Doro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ankaios Garofalis, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Ankaios Garofalis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Ankaios Garofalis slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 9th minute. When K.F.MALIQI's Ankaios Garofalis in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. In the 14th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 17 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Dmitriy Chkalov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 20 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gigio Doro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. If Ankaios Garofalis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 29th minute of play forced K.F.MALIQI's goalkeeper Dmitriy Chkalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Qemal Jahaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nertil Ktona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave K.F.MALIQI the free kick. In the 39th minute Ankaios Garofalis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. K.F.MALIQI's Ankaios Garofalis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 41st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ankaios Garofalis in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. The supporters of K.F.MALIQI booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. Erubiel Hats's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erubiel Hats helped the player get up and apologised. 51 minutes into the game, one of K.F.MALIQI:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 52nd minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ankaios Garofalis in the 56th minute of play. After having played for 60 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nertil Ktona hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dmitriy Chkalov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. The supporters of Venezuela booed when K.F.MALIQI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daut Isai didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela were furious when Rigoberto Mina was red carded, 86 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 87th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Nertil Ktona came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 90 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Juvenal dos Santos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. K.F.MALIQI's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.