Challenge

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Jonathan Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the BRASIL.Sp players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fagondo Vasquez in the 6th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 9th play minute Marcel Sanches came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. 1-0. Ernesto Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Luís Guilherme Marques 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 20th minute. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after BRASIL.Sp's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. In the 28th of the match, Fagondo Vasquez tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Jonathan Ferrant got in the way and made a wonderful save. BRASIL.Sp's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Durval Campidelis in the 38th minute. When Jose Correa fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Jose Correa a yellow card for diving instead. After 45 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. After taking down the ball on BRASIL.Sp's corner Durval Campidelis 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fagondo Vasquez was the one to do the kick off. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute, Durval Campidelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. When Eusébio Barros came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the BRASIL.Sp 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 Eusébio Barros couldn't finish the play. In the 68th minute Marcel Sanches 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. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Sanches came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. At last the ball reached Fagondo Vasquez at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Venezuela. 2-0. When BRASIL.Sp's Eusébio Barros in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilson Perez in the 79th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eusébio Barros in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nilson Perez went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilson Perez in the 88th minute of play. Eusébio Barros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.