Challenge

Elland Road
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cesare Antonacci took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes of play, 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's Cesare Antonacci made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by 袁森威 in the 8th minute. In the 9th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 余树默 in the 13th minute of play. When 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's Cesare Antonacci in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Kurt Rolandsson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Cesare Antonacci had several of the Venezuela's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 21 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Jonathan Ferrant as he didn't even see the shot coming. 姜光勇 came out of the goal in the 29th 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. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 38th minute, 袁森威 made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In a very dangerous position, a player in 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kurt Rolandsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's goalkeeper 姜光勇 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesare Antonacci in the 66th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with 姜光勇 in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 曾荣镇 in the 75 minute of the game. In the 76th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. 81 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 姜光勇. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patricio Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. In the 85th minute 邵潮川 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 88th minute of play forced 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's goalkeeper 姜光勇 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. In the 93rd match minute, 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 邵潮川 to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of 姜光勇. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. Venezuela's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.