Challenge

Roberto Baggio IDOLO
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Salvador Gisbert got a throw-in 4 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Patricio Costa. If Adriano Carafa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Adriano Carafa tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Betão Camargo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Adriano Carafa came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Velester Football Club 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 Adriano Carafa couldn't finish the play. Adriano Carafa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Carafa, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Velester Football Club's Arkadiusz Piglowski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Salvador Gisbert, made in the 26th minute of the game. Velester Football Club's Ferdinando Scarinci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 34th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ferdinando Scarinci 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 45th minute. Velester Football Club were awarded a corner in the 49th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emanuel Gliga took the corner. Stephan Wehkamp hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Comunardo Valente to make the kick off. After 53 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mina. After 56 minutes of play, Velester Football Club's Comunardo Valente 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! Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Carafa in the 60th minute of the match. Velester Football Club made a substitution. Antonio Gulli replaced Pietro Romeo. Velester Football Club's attentive Arkadiusz Piglowski managed to snatch the ball when Salvador Gisbert made a throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game. 63 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Velester Football Club's Stephan Wehkamp quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 67thth minute of the game Adriano Carafa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Adriano Carafa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Carafa in the 76th minute of the match. If Comunardo Valente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Comunardo Valente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuel Gliga made in the 84th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Comunardo Valente. Anselmo Baleren kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After having played for 94 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 97 minutes into the match, Velester Football Club's goalkeeper Ferdinando Scarinci had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Velester Football Club's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.