Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute of play forced Gallo Crisis's goalkeeper Pipo Orihuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gallo Crisis were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arnoud Koppen took the corner. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. 16 minutes into the match, Gallo Crisis's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Pipo Orihuela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 22 played minutes Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck rounded Venezuela's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 36th minute of play forced Gallo Crisis's goalkeeper Pipo Orihuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th 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. Pipo Orihuela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck scored 3-0 in the 43rd 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. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Gallo Crisis's goalkeeper Pipo Orihuela, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68th minute of the match Gallo Crisis got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arnoud Koppen ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gallo Crisis's Arnoud Koppen was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, Gallo Crisis's Dimitri Rouvroye got a free kick in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 90 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Gallo Crisis's Pipo Orihuela. Pipo Orihuela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck in the 95th minute of play. Willem-Alexander Uytebroeck took the ball and in the 96 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 5-2. Venezuela's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Gallo Crisis had won, even though Venezuela had held more of the ball.