Challenge

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amadeo Carrizo was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 6th minute of play forced 9 de Diciembre's goalkeeper Amadeo Carrizo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. In the 11th 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. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Tomasz Huchro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jonathan Ferrant, passed just outside the right post. Tomasz Huchro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomasz Huchro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 21st minute. Tomasz Huchro kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomasz Huchro in the 26th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 de Diciembre's Tomasz Huchro got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 30 minutes, Tomasz Huchro made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Tomasz Huchro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomasz Huchro slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 34th minute. Rogelio Ruisko kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Rogelio Ruisko hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes in the game Cayetano Maties did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Amado Lider. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomasz Huchro in the 52nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of 9 de Diciembre booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomasz Huchro struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 9 de Diciembre. 9 de Diciembre's Amadeo Carrizo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save 9 de Diciembre from getting a goal against them. Tomasz Huchro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomasz Huchro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Amadeo Carrizo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute, one of 9 de Diciembre: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 9 de Diciembre. In the 83rd minute, Tomasz Huchro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 9 de Diciembre fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomasz Huchro in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomasz Huchro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 96 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Tomasz Huchro came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 97 minutes, Tomasz Huchro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 9 de Diciembre's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomasz Huchro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 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. 9 de Diciembre fully deserved thier win.