Challenge

BELAJ-ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Björn Mårtensson got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Björn Mårtensson in the 3rd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Björn Mårtensson in the 4th minute of play. After having played for 6 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 8th 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. In the 11th minute, Fabian Gurgul reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 14 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Esbjörn Apelquist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabian Gurgul. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Björn Mårtensson in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. In the 29th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Esbjörn Apelquist was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Esbjörn Apelquist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabian Gurgul got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute, Fabian Gurgul reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 3-1. 39 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Esbjörn Apelquist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 43rd minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Esbjörn Apelquist. BELAJ BOYS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. The score stood at 3-3 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Esbjörn Apelquist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Gurgul, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Esbjörn Apelquist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 55th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Björn Mårtensson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Björn Mårtensson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gavril Tomozei charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gavril Tomozei the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 61 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for BELAJ BOYS! Tomas Illescas placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! 68 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano threw the ball into play from the sideline. BELAJ BOYS's Joseph Melin quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabian Gurgul went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Gurgul in the 72nd minute of the match. After 73 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. In the 74th minute Fabian Gurgul 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. In the 77th match minute, BELAJ BOYS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gavril Tomozei to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute Björn Mårtensson 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. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 83rd minute of the match Kjell Fribäck shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Fabian Gurgul kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Kjell Fribäck's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kjell Fribäck helped the player get up and apologised. After 87 played minutes BELAJ BOYS got a freekick which was hit by Kjell Fribäck. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Gurgul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaaki Zakas went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-3 was the resulting score. Björn Mårtensson succeeded in the game's 97th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 6-3. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.