Challenge

Lekparken
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Måns Stålman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. After 13 played minutes Lekparken FC got a freekick which was hit by Erling Boklund. Sigge Holmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 17th minute of the match. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Lekparken FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. Jose Correa made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Lekparken FC's Sigge Holmberg managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Lekparken FC's Cyryl Kiewra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 after 21 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Lekparken FC's Mauro Bastos got a free kick in the 25th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyryl Kiewra in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyryl Kiewra in the 34th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Lekparken FC's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cyryl Kiewra, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sigge Holmberg came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Tomas Illescas. But to his dismay, Tomas Illescas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After a defensive mix-up in Lekparken FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sigge Holmberg came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th minute Cyryl Kiewra 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. Lekparken FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edgard Alves in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Bastos in the 69th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute Taha Ali 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. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cyryl Kiewra went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 83rd minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 played minutes Lekparken FC got a freekick which was hit by Mauro Bastos. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Måns Stålman in the 88th minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Kiewra in the 89th minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Måns Stålman came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee ended the match the Lekparken FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.