Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lautaro Martinez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Lion Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Venezuela were furious when Guillermo Mariano was red carded, 10 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 9th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of La Scaloneta:s goal. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Alexis MacAlister stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Alexis MacAlister tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 26th minute of the match, Alexis MacAlister tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonathan Ferrant saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 29 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Lion Messi came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Martinez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Alexis MacAlister scored 2-0 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 41st minute Lion Messi 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. Lautaro Martinez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 45th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lion Messi to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Lautaro Martinez made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 58 minutes into the game, La Scaloneta's Lion Messi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Lion Messi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. In the 75th minute of the match La Scaloneta got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ángel-Fabián Di María ran over to the corner to take the kick. La Scaloneta's Ángel-Fabián Di María was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Julián Álvarez scored 5-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute, Enzo Fernández hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ángel-Fabián Di María in the 82nd minute of play. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Enzo Fernández hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julián Álvarez in the 96th minute of the match. La Scaloneta's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.