Challenge

Liberty Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aryakumara Snow started the match with the kick off. Salvador Gisbert hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Patricio Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitomir Vutov having to interfere. Aryakumara Snow sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Aryakumara Snow stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Aryakumara Snow tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's attentive Alex Chicote managed to snatch the ball when Didiet Suprianto made a throw-in in the 16th minute of the game. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Aryakumara Snow succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 18th playminute. 22 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Aryakumara Snow came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aryakumara Snow recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alex Chicote made in the 25th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Patricio Costa however managed to control. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aryakumara Snow in the 30th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aryakumara Snow in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Aryakumara Snow succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 35th playminute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alex Chicote during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 41st minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aryakumara Snow in the 42nd minute of play. When FC Philotimo's Aryakumara Snow in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xeromo Garibay in the 51st minute of play. Aryakumara Snow blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aryakumara Snow in the 56th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Vitomir Vutov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Philotimo's Fabian Vime was substituted for Xeromo Garibay. FC Philotimo's Efrain Fuentes was substituted for Aryakumara Snow. In the 72nd minute Efrain Fuentes 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. Efrain Fuentes took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. A collision led to FC Philotimo getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Mauricio Froylan hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vitomir Vutov firmly grabbed it by the left post. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Efrain Fuentes went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, FC Philotimo's Efrain Fuentes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Efrain Fuentes might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Efrain Fuentes ran back to his position shaking his head. 87 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Fuentes came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efrain Fuentes's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. Efrain Fuentes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. 93 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Fuentes came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. 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 FC Philotimo.