Challenge

Eko Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Armando Paraibano got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Flóki Ólafsson came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Flóki Ólafsson 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 Flóki Ólafsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Erland Söderberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patricio Costa went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armando Paraibano in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Armando Paraibano sent off a good shot on target. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. One of Fomac FK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. Tomas Illescas shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Flóki Ólafsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Robert Vollander fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fomac FK's protests and gave Robert Vollander a yellow card for diving instead. Fomac FK's Robert Vollander got his second yellow card of the match in the 42nd minute. The referee ordered Robert Vollander off the ground. After a rather tough play, Fomac FK's Robert Vollander got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After 46 played minutes Fomac FK got a freekick which was hit by Iacob Pascu. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erland Söderberg having to interfere. In the 54th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 58 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Erland Söderberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erland Söderberg was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 60thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fomac FK's Erland Söderberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Flóki Ólafsson came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Erland Söderberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Rikard Smefeldt came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Fomac FK 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 Rikard Smefeldt couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peder Rolfsson in the 85th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Peder Rolfsson during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Peder Rolfsson hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After 89 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Fomac FK's Peder Rolfsson. But to his dismay, Peder Rolfsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Erland Söderberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.