Challenge

Björkö Stadion
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, Timmy Friberger dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 1-0. With an all-out effort, Björkö BK's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 11 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Timmy Friberger, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Elias Strömqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. A collision led to Björkö BK getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Mauro Paixão hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the match, Björkö BK's Timmy Friberger sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 22 minutes of play, Björkö BK's Timmy Friberger made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lucas Colin kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Björkö BK's Mauro Paixão got a free kick in the 26th minute. Tomas Illescas's late challenge caught a Björkö BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Illescas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elias Strömqvist got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Björkö BK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Björkö BK's Mariusz Zdeb managed to reach the ball for a save. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Björkö BK's Elias Strömqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Mariusz Zdeb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mariusz Zdeb read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mariusz Zdeb breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th match minute, Björkö BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henry Sundling to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Mariusz Zdeb was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Timmy Friberger was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Björkö BK's Mariusz Zdeb got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariusz Zdeb having to interfere. Björkö BK's Rutger Jelm pulled a muscle in his back after 55 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a Björkö BK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A collision led to Björkö BK getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Mauro Paixão hit a great ball. 63 minutes into the match, Timmy Friberger 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 Timmy Friberger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mariusz Zdeb read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Strömqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Venegas lost his temper 76 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 76th minute, one of Venezuela: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 Venezuela. Jonathan Ferrant went to the wrong direction when Timmy Friberger was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 81st minute, Elias Strömqvist 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 4-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Strömqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. After 97 played minutes Björkö BK got a freekick which was hit by Timmy Friberger. Björkö BK were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.