Challenge

Stadion im. MARKUSA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piotr Japola, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. If Daniel Hatman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiusz Kostka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gandalf Head in the 13th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Gandalf Head 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 Gandalf Head was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 19th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Arkadiusz Kostka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the last second Jonathan Ferrant throw himself and got hold of the ball when Gandalf Head in the 24thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience was convinced that Gandalf Head's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After 29 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Zbigniew Gendolla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute, Gandalf Head 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. After having played for 35 minutes, Gandalf Head managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC MARKUS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gandalf Head was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lucjan Drugi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC MARKUS getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Gandalf Head hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Gandalf Head made the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkadiusz Kostka having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 65th minute of play forced FC MARKUS's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Kostka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka did a great save. After 68 played minutes FC MARKUS got a freekick which was hit by Gandalf Head. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save FC MARKUS from getting a goal against them. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save FC MARKUS from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Teobald Jeziorkowski charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teobald Jeziorkowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st minute, Teobald Jeziorkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC MARKUS walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.