Challenge

HALO Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Desislav Sergeev got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Desislav Sergeev sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Desislav Sergeev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 10th minute of play forced HALO HANGZHOU's goalkeeper Du Jie Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. Du Jie Ran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Du Jie Ran 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 25th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Desislav Sergeev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 30th minute of play forced HALO HANGZHOU's goalkeeper Du Jie Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Desislav Sergeevs short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 33 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Qian Lin Yu. Qian Lin Yus short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 35 minutes into the game, Desislav Sergeev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Desislav Sergeev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Peng Kang Xing hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Desislav Sergeev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 2-0. Lin Yu Hai succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

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. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Du Jie Ran having to make a save. HALO HANGZHOU made a substitution. Bo-Erik McNamara replaced Desislav Sergeev. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Xiao Guo Guang, made in the 64th minute of the game. After 66 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wang Chen Hong, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bo-Erik McNamara in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bo-Erik McNamara went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 78 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Bo-Erik McNamara came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bo-Erik McNamara in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Qian Lin Yu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Du Jie Ran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 83rd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Lin Yu in the 85th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bo-Erik McNamara in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Bo-Erik McNamara put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lin Yu Hai, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. After 95 played minutes HALO HANGZHOU got a freekick which was hit by Xiao Guo Guang. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bo-Erik McNamara's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. There was no doubt that HALO HANGZHOU were the better team. HALO HANGZHOU's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.