Challenge

Bussens Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Urban Kilman kicked off to start the match. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Agustín Brei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 6 minutes, Dan Engström mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the No Gravity FC and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to No Gravity FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Dan Engström hit a great ball. In the 7th match minute, No Gravity FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guido Cristofol to maneuver through the defense. If Guido Cristofol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 19th minute of play forced No Gravity FC's goalkeeper Agustín Brei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Urban Kilman in the 28th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Boris Nenkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boris Nenkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guido Cristofol got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Urban Kilman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jupp Buhrmann in the 38th minute of play. After 45 minutes of play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Agustín Brei was left in no man's land by his defense there! The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Urban Kilman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. When Dan Engström was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 62 minutes had been played. Agustín Brei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 63rd minute. Agustín Brei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 65th minute of play. No Gravity FC's Agustín Brei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save No Gravity FC from getting a goal against them. Urban Kilman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, No Gravity FC's Agustín Brei got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. No Gravity FC's Guido Cristofol got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. No Gravity FC's Erik Ström got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Secada in the 85th minute of play forced No Gravity FC's goalkeeper Agustín Brei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Guido Cristofol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jupp Buhrmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jupp Buhrmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.