Challenge

Arena Milanis
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, one of Milanis E.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Milanis E.C.. 6 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Milanis E.C.'s Fahl Gattuso quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 8th minute of the match. After 15 minutes of play, Milanis E.C.'s Magno da Costa made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Magno da Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. When Magno da Costa came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Milanis E.C. 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 Magno da Costa couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Magno da Costa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Magno Braga 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 38th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Magno da Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Milanis E.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Magno da Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Magno Braga 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 44th minute. Milanis E.C.'s attentive Isiah Hinkle managed to snatch the ball when Alex Chicote made a throw-in in the 46th minute of the game. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bernardo Eladio to make the kick off. Alex Chicote made in the 53rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Patricio Costa immediately put the ball in play. A throw-in in the 54th minute of the game was made by Alex Chicote with Joshua Secada as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 55th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magno Braga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in Milanis E.C. fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 57th minute. Penalty! Milanis E.C.'s Fahl Gattuso quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alex Chicote, made in the 61st minute of the game. Isiah Hinkle charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Isiah Hinkle the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 68 played minutes Milanis E.C. got a freekick which was hit by Isiah Hinkle. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Magno Braga successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Magno da Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 75th minute. 77 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Milanis E.C. the free kick. After having played for 78 minutes, Magno da Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Milanis E.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Magno da Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Magno da Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. The throw-in from Alex Chicote in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Milanis E.C.'s Fahl Gattuso. After 96 minutes, Tomas Illescas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Milanis E.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 96 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Illescas.