Challenge

Fågelmara Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Witold Lepucki took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. 7 minutes into the game, Ivan Säf was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Fågelmara IK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. In the 7th match minute, Fågelmara IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Säf to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Fågelmara IK defense, Patricio Costa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tom Colling. The Fågelmara IK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tom Colling should have stopped the shot. Fågelmara IK's Tom Colling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Fågelmara IK's Lars-Erik Esbjörnsson got a free kick in the 15th minute. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tom Colling. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. 21 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tom Colling made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Patricio Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons Siggesson in the 25th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Alfons Siggesson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th minute, Alfons Siggesson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 2-2. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Fågelmara IK's goalkeeper Tom Colling, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 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 Witold Lepucki. In the 39th minute of the match, Witold Lepucki 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 47th minute, Fågelmara IK's Kazimír Kuthan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 55th minute, Aleksander Sjö hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas came free and shot a quick shot against goal 68 minutes in the game, fortunately Tom Colling had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Fågelmara IK's Tom Colling managed to reach the ball for a save. If Jose Correa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazimír Kuthan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Kazimír Kuthan put it in 5-2 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 Witold Lepucki, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 82nd minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Colling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tom Colling made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 89th minute. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. After having played for 94 minutes, Alfons Siggesson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fågelmara IK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfons Siggesson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Fågelmara IK had won after a very even match.