Challenge

Bussens Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Agustín Brei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 3rd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urban Kilman in the 6th minute of the match. No Gravity FC's Agustín Brei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Correa in the 10th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Urban Kilman in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 24th match minute, No Gravity FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bogi Golf to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the game, No Gravity FC's Urban Kilman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 32 minutes into the game, when Benne Strongman put in a rough tackle. No Gravity FC:s Agustín Brei showed great skill when he stopped Tomas Illescas:s penalty. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 40 minutes into the match, No Gravity FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Agustín Brei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guillermo Mariano made in the 46th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tomas Illescas. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. No Gravity FC made a substitution. Christer Bivall replaced Urban Kilman. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 49th minute. 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 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christer Bivall to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Christer Bivall stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Christer Bivall tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 58th minute of play forced No Gravity FC's goalkeeper Agustín Brei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas managed to work through No Gravity FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Tomas Illescas dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. With a little luck, No Gravity FC's Agustín Brei got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by No Gravity FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christer Bivall in the 80th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Boris Nenkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of No Gravity FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. Agustín Brei had in the 95thth minute some difficulties stopping Tomas Illescas's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The No Gravity FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Venezuela's performance. The match ended with a win for Venezuela.