Challenge

Arena Araribóia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Natã dos Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bandelocos and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Bandelocos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natã dos Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rafael Sobis in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 7 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. Rafael Sobis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rafael Sobis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Rafael Sobis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 17th minute. Rafael Sobis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Sobis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute, one of Bandelocos:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Bandelocos. Bandelocos:s Nilson do Vale showed great skill when he stopped Tomas Illescas:s penalty. In the 28th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Nilson do Vale. Bandelocos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson do Vale having to interfere. Rafael Sobis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 34th minute Rafael Sobis 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. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Sobis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Sobis came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute Daniel Brasil 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. Bandelocos's Nilson do Vale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 42nd minute of play. Rafael Sobis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Bandelocos's Natã dos Santos got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson do Vale having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Brasil in the 67th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Rafael Sobis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bandelocos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. If Daniel Brasil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betão Quirino kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rafael Sobis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Camilo Gaos lost his temper 86 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bandelocos:s goal. The referee gave Bandelocos a penalty, 87 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Rafael Sobis, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. 4-1. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Betão Quirino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Betão Quirino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Guilherme Varela in the 94th minute of the match. Billy Dowdall fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bandelocos had played much better football throughout.