Challenge

ELZAMALEK
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) ELZAMALEK's 汪昂坚 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. In the 5th minute Che Guevara 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 5th minute, Che Guevara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ELZAMALEK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. If Albert Fogel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Olsson having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Albert Fogel went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when ELZAMALEK's Albert Fogel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Che Guevara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Che Guevara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 17th minute. The supporters of ELZAMALEK booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With an all-out effort, ELZAMALEK's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 汪昂坚, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 汪昂坚 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 36 minutes, 汪昂坚 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ELZAMALEK's supporters crossed their fingers, but 汪昂坚 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Albert Fogel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. In the 45th minute of the match Sandu Iosifian sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Albert Fogel. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Alex Olsson was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 2-1. 57 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Harald Munderloh came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute, Albert Fogel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alex Olsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ELZAMALEK's Nihat Mutluhan was substituted for Jammy Jonckers. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Illescas during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ELZAMALEK booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Illescas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Tarjei Krasniqi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tarjei Krasniqi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Che Guevara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 汪昂坚 in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute of the match ELZAMALEK got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tarjei Krasniqi ran over to the corner to take the kick. 汪昂坚 made a great header on ELZAMALEK's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 93rd minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ELZAMALEK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.