Challenge

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bubu Denat started the match with the kick off. Antoni Villarroel scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Bubu Denat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. 13 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Bubu Denat came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20thth minute of the game Bubu Denat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 27th minute, Bubu Denat made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Bubu Denats short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 32nd play minute Bubu Denat came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. 3-0. When Guillermo Mariano fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Guillermo Mariano a yellow card for diving instead. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bubu Denat in the 36th minute. Bubu Denat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 46th minute. Gonzalo Boye took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. 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.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rigoberto Mina's late challenge caught a F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Mina helped the player get up and apologised. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. David Ballester replaced Bubu Denat. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Gonzalo Boye had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Ballester in the 63rd 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 Marc Vilaplana in the 64th minute of play. After 65 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. After 66 minutes of play, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's David Ballester made it 6-0 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! Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neal Messer in the 70th minute of play. Marino Ramos kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 80 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Boye in the 86th minute of play. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Alejandro Verdu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him 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 David Ballester in the 93rd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of David Ballester's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.