Challenge

Babuf Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Themos Leontiadis went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 12th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute, Patricio Costa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erik Vale was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Panionios MK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Argyris Ksagorarakis in the 22nd minute. Panionios MK's Allan Corrigan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 23 minutes into the match, Panionios MK's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Erik Vale reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erik Vale 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 27th minute. Themos Leontiadis in the 28thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zisis Chronidis in the 30th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. With splendid footwork Allan Corrigan arrived in front of goal to shoot 2-1 by the left pole in the game's 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Argyris Ksagorarakis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Erik Vale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Panionios MK's Allan Corrigan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 3-1 after 44 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. A collision led to Panionios MK getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Omiros Maniatis hit a great ball. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the match, Panionios MK's goalkeeper Erik Vale had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 64 minutes into the match, Zisis Chronidis 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 Zisis Chronidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Allan Corrigan's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Corrigan in the 68th minute of the match. Erik Vale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Allan Corrigan, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Erik Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fanis Salepis in the 88th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 played minutes Panionios MK got a freekick which was hit by Allan Corrigan. Panionios MK's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.