Challenge

Röyers arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) FC Röyers Raketer's Xande Atom started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes, Tomas Illescas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the FC Röyers Raketer players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 2nd minute. If Dean Irving had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Dean Irving tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 6th minute of the match FC Röyers Raketer got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ingvar Askstedt ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ingvar Askstedt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 13thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Röyers Raketer's Ivan Turina was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivan Turina breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Xande Atom kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Julian Cymbal got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ivan Turina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. The supporters of Venezuela booed when FC Röyers Raketer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tales Marinho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 28th minute, when Julian Cymbal scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 1-0. FC Röyers Raketer's Ivan Turina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Röyers Raketer's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. Per-Åke Byström's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Per-Åke Byström helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC Röyers Raketer getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Per-Åke Byström hit a great ball. In the 39th minute, Xande Atom made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Dean Irving sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dean Irving received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Dean Irving ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

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. With a little luck, FC Röyers Raketer's Ivan Turina got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 57 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. 59 minutes into the match, Julian Cymbal 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 Julian Cymbal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. FC Röyers Raketer's Ivan Turina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 66th minute of play. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. FC Röyers Raketer's Andréas Törnqvist was substituted for Xande Atom. In the 75th minute of the match Ingvar Askstedt shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. FC Röyers Raketer's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ingvar Askstedt in the 91st minute. After taking down the ball on FC Röyers Raketer's corner Ingvar Askstedt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Andréas Törnqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot.