Challenge

Neustadt Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Kajetan Mentis fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dymarki Wejherowo's protests and gave Kajetan Mentis a yellow card for diving instead. Kajetan Mentis kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After having played for 6 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. Tadeusz Dziatkowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Roland Jaszyna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafal Dulka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th 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. 19 minutes in the game Kajetan Mentis did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Roland Jaszyna. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Dymarki Wejherowo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kajetan Mentis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Damazy Konopka kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 25th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Jose Correa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rafal Dulka quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute, Kajetan Mentis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th minute Damazy Konopka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damazy Konopka stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 53rd minute. With his leg Rafal Dulka managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 60 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rafal Dulka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 61st minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Dymarki Wejherowo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 62 played minutes Dymarki Wejherowo got a freekick which was hit by Tadeusz Dziatkowski. In the 66th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafal Dulka was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Kajetan Mentis kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. The throw-in from Kajetan Mentis in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rafal Dulka. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. After 73 played minutes Dymarki Wejherowo got a freekick which was hit by Adam Adamus. Rafal Dulka acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 74th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tomas Illescas. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafal Dulka having to interfere. In the 86thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dymarki Wejherowo's Rafal Dulka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafal Dulka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 92 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Dymarki Wejherowo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Venezuela's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.