Challenge

Caballito
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gică Hagi made the kick off which started today's match. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Gică Hagi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Gică Hagi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gică Hagi might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gică Hagi ran back to his position shaking his head. 7 minutes into the match, Caballito's Gică Hagi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fausto Natanael in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Caballito's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but William Sénéchal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gică Hagi in the 17th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Shi Ying Jian:s penalty. After a long run with the ball, Shi Ying Jian did a trick in the 24th minute in front of Venezuela's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 1-1. An impressive performance by Caballito's Shi Ying Jian! Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without William Sénéchal having to interfere. Gică Hagi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Fausto Natanael notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Caballito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agan Setiawan didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Patricio Costa made the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Caballito got a freekick which was hit by Agan Setiawan. William Sénéchal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 62nd minute of play. Fausto Natanael took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gică Hagi in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Natanael in the 71st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the game, Gică Hagi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. João Barbosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. If Gică Hagi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gică Hagi scored 5-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Caballito's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.