Challenge

Kickerz Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Franco Prandini took the kick off in the first half of the match. Olle Wennerqvist hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kickerz's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimcho Bobchev came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes in the game Ted Eriksson after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Jonathan Ferrant. A very good opportunity. Dimcho Bobchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 26th minute, Fredrik Brandin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Dimcho Bobchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 36th 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. 43 minutes into the game, Camilo Gaos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Kickerz the free kick. In the 43rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. The goalkeeper, Jonathan Ferrant, was totally fooled by FC Kickerz's Franco Prandini, who 47 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Mikael Stenström's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. 56 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Franco Prandini came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Prandini in the 62nd minute of the match. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, FC Kickerz's goalkeeper Dimcho Bobchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Dimcho Bobchev made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. Mikael Stenström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 77 minutes into the match, FC Kickerz's goalkeeper Dimcho Bobchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Tomas Illescas succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franco Prandini in the 88th minute of play. Ted Eriksson kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th 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. Dimcho Bobchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Kickerz fully deserved thier win.