Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. Kudret Hajdari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nexhat Zhiva kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joshua Secada in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kudret Hajdari in the 10th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute Ivón Echavarri 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. Durim Ndoja made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ivón Echavarri. 16 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Nexhat Zhiva:s penalty. In the 18th minute of the match Akademia Maliqi 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. Nexhat Zhiva ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ivón Echavarri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hakkı Onur Olcay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the game, Akademia Maliqi's Alexandru Nastac 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, 0-1. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivón Echavarri went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 35th minute Alexandru Nastac 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. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Hakkı Onur Olcay made a huge save. In the 44th minute Alexandru Nastac 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. 45 minutes into the match, Ivón Echavarri notched a goal, 1-3, 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. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alexandru Nastac made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Ivón Echavarri sent off a good shot on target. In the 54th minute, Alexandru Nastac reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-4. Alexandru Nastac fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Guillermo Mariano made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Akademia Maliqi's Emmanuel Urruti. In the 61st minute, Alexandru Nastac reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-5. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Kudret Hajdari managed to get in a good position for a shot. Akademia Maliqi's supporters rose to their feet, but Kudret Hajdari 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. 74 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Hakkı Onur Olcay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Hakkı Onur Olcay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute of the game Teobald Chrobak made a throw-in which Ivón Echavarri played forward. 84 minutes into the match, Alexandru Nastac notched a goal, 1-6, 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. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Akademia Maliqi:s goal. Akademia Maliqi's Hakkı Onur Olcay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 96th minute of play. In the 98th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hakkı Onur Olcay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Akademia Maliqi were clearly better and deserved to take the win.