Challenge

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Prospero Muc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Prospero Muc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeronimo Solustiano made in the 17th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Paolo Munio however managed to control. In the 19th minute, Patricio Costa 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Prospero Muc prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Prospero Muc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Maravilla getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Paulo Arnau hit a great ball. In the 37th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Prospero Muc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saul Unax charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saul Unax the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Saul Unax kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Paulo Arnau kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Jeronimo Solustiano in the 43rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Prospero Muc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Simon Rameriz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Maravilla's Saul Unax got a free kick in the 54th minute. After 56 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Alex Chicote. After 62 played minutes Maravilla got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Arnau. Paulo Arnau hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Prospero Muc managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Maravilla's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Patricio Costa scored to the left of an out of position Prospero Muc, making the score, 0-1. After some careless play in the Maravilla defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Prospero Muc. The Maravilla fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Prospero Muc should have stopped the shot. Prospero Muc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 90th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Prospero Muc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.