Challenge

Lost Limbs Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Amputees FC's Abraham Laing 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. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carleton Howie in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Abraham Laing made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 18th minute of the match, Abraham Laing got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 19th minute of the match Amputees FC 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. Ed Royans ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Amputees FC's corner Ed Royans 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 24 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Amputees FC's Lauder Franklin shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 25th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jonathan Ferrant but with some difficulty. When Carleton Howie came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Amputees FC 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 Carleton Howie couldn't finish the play. Dean Watts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 35th minute of play. Abraham Laings short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carleton Howie in the 43rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Patricio Costa during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 58th minute of the game, Venezuela got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carleton Howie, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Amputees FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dean Watts came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abraham Laing's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Abraham Laing put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The audience was convinced that Abraham Laing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. The throw-in from Joshua Secada in the 72nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Amputees FC's Bishop Warhurst. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 75 minutes into the match, Amputees FC's Abraham Laing sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Laing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Roach scored 6-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Amputees FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.