Challenge

Alvin Laliberté
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 魏竞博 took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Real Marabino's 魏竞博 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real Marabino's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Josue Barro despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Oquendo in the 18th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Lucio Oquendo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 20th minute. The score was now 2-1. Lucio Oquendo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucio Oquendo in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Lucio Oquendo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 30th playminute. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th 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. Josue Barro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 40 minutes into the match, Real Marabino's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Josue Barro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Lucio Oquendo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 5-1 in the 43 minute of play. In the 45th match minute, Real Marabino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis-Carlos Gay to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 魏竞博 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Oquendo 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. Real Marabino's 邱荣远 got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Patricio Costa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Josue Barro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 71 minutes, Luis-Carlos Gay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Marabino and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 71st match minute, Real Marabino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis-Carlos Gay to maneuver through the defense. When Real Marabino's Louis Pasteur in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Louis Pasteur in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fortunato Leciana was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Marabino's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Venezuela's goalie and right to Louis Pasteur. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Venezuela's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Louis Pasteur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Louis Pasteur in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Josue Barro having to make a save. There was no doubt that Real Marabino were the better team. Real Marabino's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.