Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kazimierz Traczewski in the 4th minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Kazimierz Traczewski 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 0-1. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Garth Burrell. But to his dismay, Garth Burrell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baykan Erincer came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. Nelson Oakley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Baykan Erincer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 29th minute. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Akakios Kountouratzis put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Kazimierz Traczewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's supporters rose to their feet, but Kazimierz Traczewski 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 48th minute, Garth Burrell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Kazimierz Traczewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garth Burrell in the 59th minute of play. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Erik Huang tried to sneak it across the goal line. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Garth Burrell got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the game, Garth Burrell cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garth Burrell in the 70th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO made a substitution. Khairil Swee replaced Joey Tribbiani. Kazimierz Traczewski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 78thth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Traczewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. During the 85th minute of the match Jose Correa completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jose Correa a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Kazimierz Traczewski came free with the goalkeeper in the 91st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jonathan Ferrant could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kazimierz Traczewski got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erik Huang in the 95th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Kazimierz Traczewski got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 0-7. 96 minutes into the match. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO were clearly better and deserved to take the win.