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. 8 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. 10 minutes into the game, Emmanuel Urruti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 13th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Nastac in the 14th minute of play. 18 minutes in the game Teobald Chrobak did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ivón Echavarri. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivón Echavarri, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Alexandru Nastac managed to get in a good position for a shot. Akademia Maliqi's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandru Nastac 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. 34 minutes into the match, Ivón Echavarri notched a goal, 0-3, 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. 39 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. If Øyvind Skoglund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 43rd minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Hakkı Onur Olcay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After the first half Akademia Maliqi were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alexandru Nastac to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes, Akademia Maliqi's Durim Ndoja shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Akademia Maliqi reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Akademia Maliqi's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hakkı Onur Olcay 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. In the 57th 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. Alexandru Nastac received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Alexandru Nastac slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 59th minute. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 63rd minute of the match. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Kudret Hajdari succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 71st playminute. Akademia Maliqi's attentive Emmanuel Urruti managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in in the 77th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 79th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Akademia Maliqi players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 83rd minute by Alexandru Nastac got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandru Nastac, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandru Nastac, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The supporters of Akademia Maliqi booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 94 minutes into the game, Akademia Maliqi's Øyvind Skoglund 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, 0-6. Akademia Maliqi's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.