Challenge

Home Field
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zuriko Roiz took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Koffe Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Augusto Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Marciano Nevada sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kalle Backman was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zuriko Roiz in the 9th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marciano Nevada got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leandro Leme was slow to take the kick. During this time Koffe Boys's players had a chance to rest. Zuriko Roiz might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zuriko Roiz ran back to his position shaking his head. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zuriko Roiz in the 17th minute of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kalle Backman having to interfere. Kalle Backman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of play. João Augusto Toledo hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Marciano Nevada tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marciano Nevada could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Kalle Backman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Jens-Ove Blomberg fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Koffe Boys's protests and gave Jens-Ove Blomberg a yellow card for diving instead. Jens-Ove Blomberg hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After having played for 34 minutes, Marciano Nevada managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Koffe Boys's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marciano Nevada was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 39th minute of the match Koffe Boys got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leandro Leme ran over to the corner to take the kick. Kalle Backman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 44 minutes, Guillermo Mariano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Koffe Boys players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 44 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zuriko Roiz in the 45th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tord Fastesson, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Kalle Backman made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Nevada in the 57th minute of the match. Koffe Boys's Tord Fastesson has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 58th minute. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leandro Leme was slow to take the kick. During this time Koffe Boys's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Leandro Leme got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Koffe Boys's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kalle Backman came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute Kent Norberg 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.