Challenge

La Caldera
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 刘旭震 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Abelardo Erlantz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cesar Ruy showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 19 minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Stoyo Abazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 36th minute of play forced La Vuelta del Malon's goalkeeper Abelardo Erlantz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Cesar Ruy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Cesar Ruy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 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 50th match minute, La Vuelta del Malon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo George to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Abelardo Erlantz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abelardo Erlantz. La Vuelta del Malon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After 61 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. In the 70th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 72 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. In the 73rd minute, 刘旭震 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by 刘旭震 in the 76th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, 刘旭震 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Vuelta del Malon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. After a rather tough play, La Vuelta del Malon's Lucio Maidana got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stoyo Abazov, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesar Ruy, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Nico de Alcântara made in the 92nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lucio Maidana immediately put the ball in play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. La Vuelta del Malon had played much better football throughout.