Challenge

Parque Arara Canindé
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Angelino Nueva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 3rd minute of the match. After 4 minutes, Rigoberto Mina mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Reko-Recko 03™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Cipriano de Toledo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Angelino Nueva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th 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. Angelino Nueva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 19 minutes into the game, Virgílio Trigo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 31st minute Virgílio Trigo 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. 35 minutes into the game, Glauco Breckenfeld recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Glauco Breckenfeld showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Virgílio Trigo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Reko-Recko 03™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Virgílio Trigo 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Virgílio Trigo to make the kick off. Virgílio Trigo struck a weak shot in the 53rd 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 Reko-Recko 03™. Cipriano França hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Abel de Almeida made in the 58th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Dedé Gaspar however managed to control. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. The supporters of Reko-Recko 03™ booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Reko-Recko 03™ made a substitution. Federico Valverde replaced Glauco Breckenfeld. After 69 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. When Rigoberto Mina was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 71 minutes had been played. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Reko-Recko 03™'s Zé Augusto Moura. But to his dismay, Zé Augusto Moura quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After 80 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. The audience held their breath when Hao Feng Yu in the 82nd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Jonathan Ferrant's left hand side. In the 87th minute, Cipriano França hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Valverde, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 93rdth minute of the game Zé Augusto Moura who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.