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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nedim Emekli took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miltos Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 7th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Nedim Emekli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Mean Machine's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nikos Stasinos in the 15th minute. A nice corner shot did that Carles Pujol got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet as Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 after 16 minutes of play. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Menios Chloros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltos Makris in the 24th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Mean Machine's Miltos Makris. But to his dismay, Miltos Makris quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 27th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 29 minutes of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nedim Emekli in the 32nd minute of play. 36 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli 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, 5-0. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Carles Pujol sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes into the game, Miltos Makris recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Miltos Makris showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 6-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. 50 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Nedim Emekli came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miltos Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Nedim Emekli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Nedim Emekli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 61st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga was substituted for Archibaldo Peñaranda. Mean Machine made a substitution. Luca Milivojević replaced Lakis Mantarinakis. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 67 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Nedim Emekli came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Daniil Bonoris made in the 79th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Carles Pujol. If Nedim Emekli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 81st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Nedim Emekli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. After 88 minutes, Nedim Emekli made it 11-0 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 93rd minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Mean Machine fully deserved thier win.