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Match Report
Christmas Island
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lu Yin Zheng took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Lu Yin Zheng came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Henrik Bratland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Venezuela booed when ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miklós Bodnár didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gilmar Veloso hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lu Yin Zheng in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Paulinho Vander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 32nd minute of play. Lu Yin Zheng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯News at 11 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Henrik Bratland hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 45th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Júlio Mazza hit a great ball. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gilmar Veloso hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lu Yin Zheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 59th minute Lu Yin Zheng 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. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. After 62 played minutes, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Miklós Bodnár shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ≮王者归来≯News at 11 reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goalkeeper Paulinho Vander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Henrik Bratland 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. In the 69th minute, Henrik Bratland left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≮王者归来≯News at 11 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Paulinho Vander tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Lu Yin Zheng in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 77 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goalkeeper Paulinho Vander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Yin Zheng in the 81st minute of the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henrik Bratland didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Yin Zheng in the 84th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Lu Yin Zheng 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 Lu Yin Zheng was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Paulinho Vander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯News at 11 from getting a goal against them. Gilmar Veloso hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Paulinho Vander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯News at 11 from getting a goal against them. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ≮王者归来≯News at 11 fully deserved thier win.
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