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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 9th minute of play forced UFC STEAUA's goalkeeper João Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Guillermo Mariano fell near the penalty area in the 12th 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. In the 13th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, UFC STEAUA's Rafet Faydalı tried to score from far away in the 14th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 18th minute Nelson Mendoza 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. João Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. João Massa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. In the 28th match minute, UFC STEAUA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kong Xiang Hao to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Mendoza in the 31st minute of the match. After 35 minutes, Nelson Mendoza made it 1-0 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. João Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes in the game, Albert Hodorog fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Mendoza, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nelson Mendoza made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Mendoza, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. João Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute, Albert Hodorog got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 61st minute, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind João Massa. João Massa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Mendoza in the 64th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Nelson Mendoza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Nelson Mendoza took the ball and in the 67 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 2-1. 71 minutes into the game, Gigel Seremet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Mendoza, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nelson Mendoza's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. João Massa was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Tomas Illescas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomas Illescas really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigel Seremet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gigel Seremet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind UFC STEAUA's goalkeeper João Massa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Gigel Seremet came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. UFC STEAUA had played much better football throughout.
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