Challenge

Carlos Ed. Bertassi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Ercole Santarelli took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. Salchichas Del Sur's Constantino Sayveon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 9th minute of play. After 10 minutes Salchichas Del Sur's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ercole Santarelli in the 12th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Braulio Franco came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ercole Santarelli. 16 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Ercole Santarelli came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Anier Perfecto sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Ercole Santarelli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 26th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute, Ercole Santarelli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 2-0. After 32 minutes Salchichas Del Sur's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Salvador Gisbert got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Constantino Sayveon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Salchichas Del Sur's Esteve Micael got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliodor Grigoroiu in the 36th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant had great luck who in the 37thth minute grab hold of the ball when Ercole Santarelli from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 44 played minutes Salchichas Del Sur got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Xabier. Tomas Illescas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Constantino Sayveon. Salchichas Del Sur's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anier Perfecto to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anier Perfecto in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute Anier Perfecto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 64 minutes of play, Salchichas Del Sur's Anier Perfecto made it 3-0 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! 66 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Constantino Sayveon, 3-1. With his leg Constantino Sayveon managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 70th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute Ercole Santarelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Esteve Micael kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 77th minute of play forced Salchichas Del Sur's goalkeeper Constantino Sayveon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Braulio Franco came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ercole Santarelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Salchichas Del Sur's Constantino Sayveon got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 88 played minutes Salchichas Del Sur got a freekick which was hit by Esteve Micael. Esteve Micael got a throw-in 91 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Dušan Jurkovič. Salchichas Del Sur's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.