Challenge

Lillan
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Los Frogos's Zhuo Jian Wei got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Ekblom, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christoffer Mårtensson got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 9 minutes, Marcus Ekblom managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los Frogos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcus Ekblom was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Los Frogos's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Godholm in the 12th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Haldun Bilen in the 16th minute. Christoffer Mårtensson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the match, Los Frogos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Mattias Jansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Los Frogos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Mattias Jansson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 23rd minute, Marcus Ekblom got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Haldun Bilen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Christoffer Mårtensson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 30th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zhuo Jian Wei charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zhuo Jian Wei the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Venezuela's Roberto Ocampo was substituted for Joshua Secada. Zhuo Jian Wei hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Mattias Jansson. Los Frogos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Christoffer Mårtensson made the kick off in the second half. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoffer Mårtensson in the 57th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Ekblom in the 58th minute of the match. Mattias Jansson made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christoffer Mårtensson in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Mattias Jansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Los Frogos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Mattias Jansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Los Frogos made a substitution. Joseph Johansson replaced Christian Vallin. Los Frogos's Conny Kullgren was substituted for Marcus Ekblom. In the 72nd minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mattias Jansson made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conny Kullgren in the 80th minute of the match. Conny Kullgren succeeded in the game's 81st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conny Kullgren in the 84th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Haldun Bilen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Los Frogos's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.