Challenge

KFC Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tanek Rekowski started the match with the kick off. Leszek Mikulski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Correa, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 11th minute of play forced Fifth Chicken's goalkeeper Leszek Mikulski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Fifth Chicken's goalie prevented a goal. In the 17th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Leszek Mikulski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leszek Mikulski having to interfere. Fifth Chicken's Leszek Mikulski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 32nd minute of play. In the 36th minute of the game Camilo Gaos made a throw-in which Tomas Illescas played forward. Alex Chicote made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fifth Chicken's Tobiasz Harbaszewski. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leszek Mikulski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Leszek Mikulski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 42nd minute of play.

Guillermo Mariano got a throw-in 56 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Tomas Illescas. Leszek Mikulski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute of the game Camilo Gaos made a throw-in which Tomas Illescas played forward. After 77 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Fifth Chicken's Leszek Mikulski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 81st minute of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leszek Mikulski having to interfere. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Leszek Mikulski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Fifth Chicken's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leszek Mikulski came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert got a free kick in the 90th minute. 93 minutes into the match Guillermo Mariano came totally free in front of Fifth Chicken's goalkeeper and smashed the ball just inside the right post. The Fifth Chicken fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Venezuela were clearly better and deserved to take the win.