Challenge

Legion Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valter Festas made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 6th minute, Iwan Falk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paco Dean showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 7th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Valter Festas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 1-0. In the 11th 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. Roch Lodowy made in the 13th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Roch Lodowy immediately put the ball in play. Paco Dean 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 15th minute. Paco Dean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of play. If Valter Festas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 21stth minute of the game Czeslaw Banan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After taking down the ball on MKS Legion Częstochowa's corner Krzysztof Jajecznica fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of MKS Legion Częstochowa booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valter Festas scored 2-0 in the 35th 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. Paco Dean 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 39th minute. Tomas Illescas took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paco Dean. Paco Dean dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. If Valter Festas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Festas in the 56th minute of play. After 59 minutes of play, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Czeslaw Banan made it 3-1 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! After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Valter Festas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, MKS Legion Częstochowa's Igor Zajac got a free kick in the 67th minute. 80 minutes into the match, Czeslaw Banan 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 Czeslaw Banan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. After 86 played minutes MKS Legion Częstochowa got a freekick which was hit by Iwan Falk. In the 90th minute, Patricio Costa made a precise shot to the right of Paco Dean. MKS Legion Częstochowa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-3. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The MKS Legion Częstochowa 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.