Challenge

Stadion Ardappen
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mateo Palacio kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Mateo Palacio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Mateo Palacio struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zjem Cię. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Czeslaw Pawlak managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zjem Cię's supporters rose to their feet, but Czeslaw Pawlak 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. In the 10th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tolek Wojtyna who took care of the corner kick. Salvador Gisbert hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. If Mateo Palacio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amador Presebal made a great header on Zjem Cię's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Cyprian Cwojdak hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Palacio, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Salvador Gisbert during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, Mateo Palacio made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the match, Mateo Palacio 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 Mateo Palacio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. 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 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. Mateo Palacio scored 5-0 in the 55th 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. Cyprian Cwojdak charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cyprian Cwojdak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Zjem Cię getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Cyprian Cwojdak hit a great ball. Mateo Palacio might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mateo Palacio ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Palacio in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Zjem Cię made a substitution. Murillo Cedeno replaced Iwo Cwynar. Napoleon Jajko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Napoleon Jajko despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Rigoberto Mina lost his temper 71 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 70th minute, one of Venezuela: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 Venezuela. The referee gave Zjem Cię a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mateo Palacio, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciriaco Emenon in the 74th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Joshua Secada hit a great ball. In the 78th minute Mateo Palacio 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Palacio in the 83rd minute of play. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Manfred Hönisch was slow to take the kick. During this time Zjem Cię's players had a chance to rest. In the 85th minute, Czeslaw Pawlak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amador Presebal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute Mateo Palacio 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. Zjem Cię's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.