Challenge

Hellish Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Svatomír Oborný in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. FC Hellcats's Konstantin Pavelec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 5th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Ionășescu got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Ionășescu came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Hellcats's Vladimír Dudík got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Pavelec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Svatomír Oborný came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joshua Secada kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josef Kozlovský in the 22nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konstantin Pavelec 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 25th minute. After 27 minutes, Guillermo Mariano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the FC Hellcats players grew even worse after the yellow card. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Sebastian Ionășescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Hellcats's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastian Ionășescu 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. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute Svatomír Oborný 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. Rigoberto Mina lost his temper 38 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 38 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 1-0 came through a penalty shot after 40 played minutes, when FC Hellcats:s Sebastian Ionășescu calmly waited for Venezuela:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastian Ionășescu in the 44th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sebastian Ionășescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Sebastian Ionășescu came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the FC Hellcats 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 Sebastian Ionășescu couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Svatomír Oborný in the 65th 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 came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Hellcats's Svatomír Oborný. But to his dismay, Svatomír Oborný quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Ionășescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. If Svatomír Oborný had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute Svatomír Oborný 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. Salvador Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Venezuela's attentive Salvador Gisbert managed to snatch the ball when Jan Spěvák made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. 88 minutes into the game, Wen Xing Yun threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Ionășescu in the 93rd minute of the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when FC Hellcats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan Spěvák didn't get a good kick on the ball. Svatomír Oborný fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere.