Challenge

Arborial Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ForestFire's Lucas Navarro 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. 7 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Navarro in the 15th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant stood somewhat misplaced when Lucas Navarro came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 17 minute. After having played for 21 minutes, Jose Hoyt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ForestFire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jose Hoyt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd minute, Venezuela's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jose Hoyt fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Lucas Navarro came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the ForestFire 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 Lucas Navarro couldn't finish the play. In the 32nd minute, Elton Brewster hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Shaki Conn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as ForestFire's Lucas Navarro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 37 minutes of play. Shaki Conn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. In the 48th minute, the referee gave ForestFire a penalty. Luisito James looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Jonathan Ferrant. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 53rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 minutes, Jose Hoyt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ForestFire and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 56 played minutes ForestFire got a freekick which was hit by Jose Hoyt. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Navarro in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 64th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ForestFire's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luisito James in the 65th minute. ForestFire's Joseph Reeder 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. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ForestFire's Lucas Navarro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 7-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Lucas Navarro sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. ForestFire made a substitution. Tad Sierra replaced Cãlin Tâmbalari. 80 minutes into the match, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The ForestFire fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when ForestFire's Tracy Shah looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 84 minutes of play, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jose Hoyt took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ForestFire fully deserved thier win.