Challenge

Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carlos Alberto Azevedo got the match started through his kick off. Baldomero Rodas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Carlos Alberto Azevedo sent off a good shot on target. Vicente Sasoin scored 2-0 in the 10th 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. When Atlético Nacional's Baldomero Rodas in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Vicente Sasoin took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. In the 19th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodoro Peio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 29th minute. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Atlético Nacional's Teodoro Peio did a great save. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomero Rodas in the 32nd minute of the match. Baldomero Rodas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Carlos Alberto Azevedo put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. After 46 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Alberto Azevedo in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Alberto Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Rigoberto Mina's late challenge caught a Atlético Nacional'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. When Atlético Nacional's Baldomero Rodas in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vicente Sasoin went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Baldomero Rodas scored 6-0 in the 65th 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. In the 67th minute Carlos Alberto Azevedo 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Alberto Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Alberto Azevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Carlos Alberto Azevedo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Carlos Alberto Azevedo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 79th minute Carlos Alberto Azevedo 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. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 80th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baldomero Rodas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Atlético Nacional's Anier Mel got a free kick in the 87th minute. When Vicente Sasoin came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Atlético Nacional fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vicente Sasoin couldn't finish the play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Atlético Nacional had played much better football throughout.