Challenge

SHALOM ADONAI
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) David Torres started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Cristos Contreras came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute of the match YESHUA F.C 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. Esteban Abeita ran over to the corner to take the kick. YESHUA F.C's Esteban Abeita 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. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristos Contreras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a YESHUA F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Coracera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Cristos Contreras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Cristos Contreras hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, YESHUA F.C's Lino Valle got a free kick in the 30th minute. Tomas Illescas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 30th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpected shot in the 33rd minute by David Torres got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Torres in the 35th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serafino Jurdan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, YESHUA F.C's David Torres dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 43rd minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Torres in the 44th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristos Contreras got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Cristos Contreras left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The YESHUA F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristos Contreras went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Torres in the 61st minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Jose Correa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Serafino Jurdan. YESHUA F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jose Correa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, David Torres managed to get in a good position for a shot. YESHUA F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but David Torres was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Serafino Jurdan in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. YESHUA F.C's David Torres got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cristos Contreras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Esteban Abeita was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 83rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Cristos Contreras came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the YESHUA F.C 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 Cristos Contreras couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, David Torres managed to get in a good position for a shot. YESHUA F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but David Torres was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. David Torres struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for YESHUA F.C. YESHUA F.C's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.