Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Elbert Gudov made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Patricio Costa fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Helmut Kunze, passed just outside the right post. Helmut Kunze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 3rd minute of the match. After 5 minutes MANCHESTER UNITED's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. After 6 minutes, Elbert Gudov made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to MANCHESTER UNITED getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Spiro Vutov hit a great ball. Helmut Kunze made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Elbert Gudov got a free kick in the 14th minute. Helmut Kunze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 20th minute. Helmut Kunze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of play. After taking down the ball on MANCHESTER UNITED's corner Kristian Harrit fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elbert Gudov in the 34th minute of play. In the 38thth minute of the game Elbert Gudov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When MANCHESTER UNITED's Elbert Gudov in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st 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 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evlogi Cheshmedzhiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of MANCHESTER UNITED's Helmut Kunze. Helmut Kunze was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luan Velloso in the 54th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elbert Gudov in the 55th minute. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Elbert Gudov 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Elbert Gudov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-6 in the 61 minute of play. Spiro Vutov kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 75th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gelu Dragomir took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 76th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Helmut Kunze 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 85th minute.