Challenge

Julio Cesar Villagra
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ruperto Matia kicked off to start the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Aureliano Florinio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Ruperto Matia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-0. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Aureliano Florinio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute Ruperto Matia 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 24th minute of play forced Belgrano's goalkeeper Aureliano Florinio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Belgrano's 邱谦翔 got a free kick in the 36th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Ruperto Matia sent off a good shot on target. Aureliano Florinio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 41st minute of play. Aureliano Florinio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Orlando Belo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Belgrano's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aureliano Florinio 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aureliano Florinio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruperto Matia in the 66th minute of the match. Belgrano's Aureliano Florinio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Belgrano from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Orlando Belo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Orlando Belo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After 80th play minutes Ruperto Matia shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. The supporters of Belgrano booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 85 minutes, Ruperto Matia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belgrano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ruperto Matia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Belgrano'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.