Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Radowit Siwek kicked off to start the match. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafal Skwira having to interfere. When Witalis Mierzejewski fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Buldogi's protests and gave Witalis Mierzejewski a yellow card for diving instead. Witalis Mierzejewski hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes, Witold Kalinowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Buldogi and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zenon Kasiewski kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Venezuela's Rafal Skwira threw himself towards the right post 9 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tomas Illescas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 9th minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rafal Skwira. The goal made the score 1-0. Buldogi's Rafal Skwira 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. In the 19th minute, Buldogi's Marcin Kocieniewski seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Marcin Kocieniewski the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Buldogi protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Marcin Kocieniewski had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 19 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Buldogi! The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Rafal Skwira in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 26th minute, Arkadiusz Gdowik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Buldogi getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Zenon Kasiewski hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Rafal Skwira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. After 47 played minutes Tomas Illescas rounded Buldogi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 5-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 63rd minute of play forced Buldogi's goalkeeper Rafal Skwira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rafal Skwira. Rafal Skwira dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Witalis Mierzejewski kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Patricio Costa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rafal Skwira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 73 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafal Skwira was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Robert Waselewicz came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Buldogi 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 Robert Waselewicz couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Witalis Mierzejewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Buldogi's supporters rose to their feet, but Witalis Mierzejewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 83rd minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafal Skwira was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. A sloppy throw-in by Guillermo Mariano in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Buldogi's Wieslaw Skonieczny. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 93 minutes, Arkadiusz Gdowik mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Buldogi and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the referee ended the match the Venezuela players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.