Challenge

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Salvador Hats kicked off to start the match. In the 8th minute, Delmar Manex 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. Salvador Hats did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 11 minutes into the match. 15 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Salvador Hats. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 19 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Casimiro Policarpio who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Casimiro Policarpio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. El Fortín de Floresta's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Casimiro Policarpio in the 23rd minute. Salvador Hats'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 25th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvador Hats in the 26th minute of the match. After having played for 28 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. Salvador Hats did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 32 minutes into the match. A collision led to El Fortín de Floresta getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Alvino Tinto hit a great ball. Santos Orlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute of play. After a rather tough play, El Fortín de Floresta's Alvino Tinto got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 41st 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 43rd minute. Santos Orlan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salvador Hats, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Santos Orlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa 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 El Fortín de Floresta the free kick. In the 60th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The El Fortín de Floresta fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when El Fortín de Floresta's Salvador Hats looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Delmar Manex sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. El Fortín de Floresta's Lucio Stanislao was substituted for Desiderio Brais. Santos Orlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 84th minute of play. A collision led to El Fortín de Floresta getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Wu Bing Fei hit a great ball. In the 86th 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. 88 minutes into the match, Salvador Hats 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 Salvador Hats was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. 93 minutes into the match, Hector Selmo notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. 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. El Fortín de Floresta fully deserved thier win.