Challenge

Piernitas Liting
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Eloy Aznar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. When Eloy Aznar in the 3rd play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Jonathan Ferrant kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. 6 minutes into the match, Guansa's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Esteban José Andrada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Aaron Sandalio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Aaron Sandalio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Mariano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Guansa's Jerzy Banach shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 11th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jonathan Ferrant but with some difficulty. In the 12th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aaron Sandalio in the 13th minute of play. Aaron Sandalio took the ball and in the 15 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 2-0. Aaron Sandalio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aaron Sandalio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 34th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jerzy Banach. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aaron Sandalio in the 40th minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Sandalio came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 played minutes Guansa got a freekick which was hit by Leon Lobo.

58 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Esteban José Andrada, 3-1. After a rather tough play, Guansa's Leon Lobo got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Sandalio in the 63rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a Guansa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aaron Sandalio in the 72nd minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Aznar came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Esteban José Andrada. The goal made the score 3-2. Eloy Aznar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Sandalio in the 88th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. In the 91st minute of the match Jerzy Banach sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. In the 92nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aaron Sandalio, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Guansa were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.