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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. After 3 played minutes Rossangeles got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Imperatore. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 4th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gu Zhou Xiao, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Rodri Palacios put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A hard shot 16 in the game by Rodri Palacios from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When Patricio Costa fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Patricio Costa a yellow card for diving instead. In the 23rd minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. After 30 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 32nd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Rodri Palacios came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jose Correa charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Correa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Sílvio Luís Secco missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 42 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Jonathan Ferrant right hand side. Rodri Palacioss short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After having played for 53 minutes, Adam Zieba managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rossangeles's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adam Zieba was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Venezuela's Tomas Illescas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jiang Bing Ning. That made the score 2-1 after 55 minutes of play. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodri Palacios's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. After 66 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Jiang Bing Ning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 68th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Sílvio Luís Secco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 79th minute. 83 minutes into the game, Attilio Bice was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rossangeles's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. In the 83rd minute, Attilio Bice hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 85th 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. Adam Zieba took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Rossangeles made a substitution. Yu Bing Hong replaced Rodri Palacios.