Challenge

ARENA MINEIRA
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. If Iuri Cardozo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iuri Cardozo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the game, Iuri Cardozo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. COURO COME FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After a rather tough play, COURO COME FC's Iuri Cardozo got a free kick in the 18th minute. Iuri Cardozo hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. 20 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Léo Sampaio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogumil Dankowski in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, COURO COME FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geovani Coutinho to maneuver through the defense. 4-0 became the score in the 35th minute when Bogumil Dankowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 41st minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of COURO COME FC:s goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nildo Chaves to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Bogumil Dankowski 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 Bogumil Dankowski in the 53rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogumil Dankowski in the 54th minute of play. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Geovani Coutinho was slow to take the kick. During this time COURO COME FC's players had a chance to rest. COURO COME FC's Geovani Coutinho 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. COURO COME FC were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Geovani Coutinho took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Geovani Coutinho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of COURO COME FC booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. COURO COME FC's Geovani Coutinho couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Venezuela. Léo Sampaio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 65th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nildo Chaves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 69th minute, Geovani Coutinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 73 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Léo Sampaio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. In the 73rd minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Léo Sampaio. The goal made the score 5-1. Décio Veiga hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Anísio Diniz replaced Hieronim Rosiewicz. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Décio Veiga hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Léo Sampaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Nildo Chaves 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 Nildo Chaves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. 86 minutes into the game, COURO COME FC's Bogumil Dankowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogumil Dankowski in the 89th minute of play. COURO COME FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Geovani Coutinho in the 91st minute. Leonel Koehler was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nildo Chaves went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-1 was the resulting score. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The COURO COME FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.