Challenge

Buffalo Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Franky Ooms started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Buffalo Timişoara players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute of the match Dorin Oravițan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. Hunor Csapó showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 8th minute of the match. Franky Ooms could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Buffalo Timişoara's Adrian Zbora pulled a muscle in his back after 12 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Alex Chicote's late challenge caught a Buffalo Timişoara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Chicote helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 12th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Buffalo Timişoara:s goal. With an all-out effort, Buffalo Timişoara's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Franky Ooms, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 24th match minute, Buffalo Timişoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Neicu to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Buffalo Timişoara's Augusto Benitez fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Franky Ooms could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Victor Neicu during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 34th minute, Victor Neicu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franky Ooms in the 41st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hunor Csapó 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 43rd minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Salvador Gisbert heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Benitez in the 46th minute of play. Augusto Benitez took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Franky Ooms took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 54th match minute, Buffalo Timişoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorin Oravițan to maneuver through the defense. In the 57th minute, Victor Neicu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franky Ooms's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Buffalo Timişoara's Călin Borogeanu was substituted for Ignacy Cerocki. After 67 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Alex Chicote. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Neicu in the 68th minute of play. Buffalo Timişoara's Valentin Voicu got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Buffalo Timişoara made a substitution. Pavel Chibulcutean replaced Orhan Ortanca. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Franky Ooms went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Dorin Oravițan made in the 81st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Alex Chicote. Tomas Illescas scored 3-1 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hunor Csapó, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Valentin Voicu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. Buffalo Timişoara walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.