Challenge

Štitárska bašta
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. 5 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Donovan Burris came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Štitáre's Donovan Burris was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 6 played minutes Donovan Burris shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant to catch but Donovan Burris was lucky. It became 1-0 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Agustin Geleberto having to make a save. After some careless play in the FC Štitáre defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Agustin Geleberto. The FC Štitáre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Agustin Geleberto should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Devan Eiø got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Urritz in the 23rd minute of the match. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agustin Geleberto having to interfere. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Štitáre's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andres Nurm, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Agustin Geleberto 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 33rd minute. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agustin Geleberto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Agustin Geleberto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. A nice corner shot did that Donovan Burris got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 43rd minute of play forced FC Štitáre's goalkeeper Agustin Geleberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When FC Štitáre's Donovan Burris in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant had great luck who in the 44thth minute grab hold of the ball when Donovan Burris from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Donovan Burris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes FC Štitáre got a freekick which was hit by Devan Eiø. After having played for 56 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 61st minute. FC Štitáre made a substitution. Viktor Lalkovič replaced Remigiusz Zaremba. After 61 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. After a rather tough play, FC Štitáre's Viktor Lalkovič got a free kick in the 62nd minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 75 minutes, Matias Urritz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Štitáre's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matias Urritz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Štitáre's Agustin Geleberto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save FC Štitáre from getting a goal against them. In the 79th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Donovan Burris scored 2-1 in the 83rd 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. Agustin Geleberto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 87th minute. Agustin Geleberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 90th minute of the match. When FC Štitáre's Donovan Burris in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. FC Štitáre were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.