Challenge

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Team Rocco's Vincent Olofsson 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. In the 5th minute, Göran Unesson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 11 minutes into the game, Allan Malmström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Team Rocco's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. Allan Malmström hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vincent Olofsson in the 18th minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfred Samuelsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfred Samuelsson ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Allan Malmström tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Göran Unesson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Team Rocco's supporters rose to their feet, but Göran Unesson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Göran Unesson sent off a good shot on target. When Göran Unesson came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Team Rocco fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Göran Unesson couldn't finish the play. In the 38th minute, Vincent Olofsson fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 46th minute of the match. Team Rocco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ralf Vase in the 48th minute. The corner ended in Ralf Vase almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Team Rocco from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sven-Edvin Mårtensson saved Team Rocco from getting behind. In the 62nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. After 64 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Tomas Illescas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Sven-Edvin Mårtensson skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 69 minutes of play, Team Rocco's Vincent Olofsson made it 2-0 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! Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 72nd minute of the match. The throw-in from Osvald Fredriksson in the 77th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vincent Olofsson's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Vincent Olofsson notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Göran Unesson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Göran Unesson, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 97th minute of play. Team Rocco's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.