Challenge

Hrazdan
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. AZAT MARD FC's Pär Löfdahl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 3rd minute of play. If Jon Waller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind AZAT MARD FC's goalkeeper Pär Löfdahl, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pär Löfdahl prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jon Waller got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Marcus Lagerberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves Jon Waller could shoot a difficult shot in the 31st minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Lagerberg in the 34th minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, AZAT MARD FC's Jon Waller made it 2-0 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! 39 minutes into the match, Martin Olsman 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 Martin Olsman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Pär Löfdahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 45th minute of the match. Elias Ståhlberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jon Waller made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Olsman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When AZAT MARD FC's Martin Olsman in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 53 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Lagerberg came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 54 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! AZAT MARD FC made a substitution. Sebastian Åkerman replaced Jon Waller. AZAT MARD FC made a substitution. Stellan Åhlberg replaced Börje Vesterberg. Bomikaze Boomgaarden made in the 73rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Karl-Erik Hellsing. If Elias Ståhlberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AZAT MARD FC's Nils-Emil Torsberg was substituted for Maximilian Arenstedt. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 82 minutes of play, AZAT MARD FC's Sebastian Åkerman made it 5-0 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! In the 86th minute of the match AZAT MARD FC got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Martin Olsman ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Martin Olsman almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by AZAT MARD FC's Martin Olsman. But to his dismay, Martin Olsman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Åkerman, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Paulo Skochev kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. AZAT MARD FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.