Challenge

phoenix arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svante Åberg in the 4th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Miromir Kociniewski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by G . S A R A Y's Kamil Babacan. But to his dismay, Kamil Babacan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 13 minutes, Kamil Babacan made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Tomas Illescas fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Tomas Illescas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 15th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kamil Babacan in the 16th minute. In the 17thth minute of the game Kamil Babacan 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. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamil Babacan in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koray Suer in the 22nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A well-hit corner resulted in Nils-Christian Løvberg heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kamil Babacan got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by G . S A R A Y's Kamil Babacan. But to his dismay, Kamil Babacan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Miromir Kociniewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 39th minute of play. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Svante Åberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-1 at half-time.

The supporters of G . S A R A Y booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salvador Gisbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Svante Åberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Svante Åberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. 70 minutes into the game, Svante Åberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 74th minute, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jonathan Venegas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Venezuela protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jonathan Venegas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 73 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 76th minute there was a penalty for G . S A R A Y. Rüknettin Tosunoğlu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. 8-1. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koray Suer in the 89th minute of play. After a rather tough play, G . S A R A Y's Rüknettin Tosunoğlu got a free kick in the 94th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. G . S A R A Y had played much better football throughout.