Challenge

Rasnita
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dorel Vintilescu kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute, Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Horaţiu Chelbea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rasnita's supporters rose to their feet, but Horaţiu Chelbea 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. A collision led to Rasnita getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Gigel Uncheşu hit a great ball. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Rasnita was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gigel Uncheşu didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. In the 37th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gigel Apăvăloaie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

If Gigel Apăvăloaie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 54th minute, Patricio Costa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 58th minute, Sebastian Toacsen made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Flavius Ferenț in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Cunea in the 64th minute of play. When Alex Cunea came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Rasnita 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 Alex Cunea couldn't finish the play. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gigel Uncheşu, made in the 71st minute of the game. Flavius Ferenț made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 77th minute. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Flavius Ferenț tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Rasnita's Gigel Uncheşu got a free kick in the 80th minute. After a rather tough play, Rasnita's Gigel Uncheşu got a free kick in the 84th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Camilo Gaos during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 87th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Horaţiu Chelbea notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Cunea came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.