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大连星海湾大球场
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes, Patricio Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the 『挑战者』大连星海湾 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of 『挑战者』大连星海湾 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 5 minutes into the game, Teobald Budacz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salvador Gisbert made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 程挺伟. In the 10th minute, Teobald Budacz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 2-0. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 程挺伟 managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Salvador Gisbert in the 17 minute of the game. In the 19th 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. In the 20th minute there was a penalty for 『挑战者』大连星海湾. Honorato Edwardo stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobald Budacz in the 23rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Thierry Henry could shoot a difficult shot in the 24th minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Teobald Budacz scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 4-0. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Teobald Budacz 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 44th minute of play forced 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goalkeeper 程荣弘 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Teobald Budacz to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teobald Budacz's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. The supporters of 『挑战者』大连星海湾 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Teobald Budacz 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 Teobald Budacz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. When 姚明岩 fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 『挑战者』大连星海湾's protests and gave 姚明岩 a yellow card for diving instead. 姚明岩 hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobald Budacz in the 61st minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Ancelotti, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, Thierry Henry made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. 程荣弘 made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. In the 74th minute, Teobald Budacz 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. 80 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Teobald Budacz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute of the game Alex Chicote made a throw-in which Alex Chicote played forward. In the 84th 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. Teobald Budacz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Teobald Budacz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 『挑战者』大连星海湾 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. After 90 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Salvador Gisbert. After having played for 95 minutes, Teobald Budacz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's supporters crossed their fingers, but Teobald Budacz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that 『挑战者』大连星海湾 were the better team. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.