Challenge

Revolution Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Youssef Malek got the match started through his kick off. Cuero Ibañez kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Olavo Velloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Cuero Ibañez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Youssef Malek in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Youssef Malek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Cuero Ibañez kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Youssef Malek in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a Revolución Joao FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. Venezuela's attentive Alex Chicote managed to snatch the ball when Zambrano Bravo made a throw-in in the 34th minute of the game. Youssef Malek recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Revolución Joao FC's Zambrano Bravo got a free kick in the 37th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Youssef Malek kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 in the 40 minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, Youssef Malek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Justavino Manaut charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Justavino Manaut the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Justavino Manaut hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. 54 minutes into the match, Youssef Malek 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 Youssef Malek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Youssef Malek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. After 71 played minutes Revolución Joao FC got a freekick which was hit by Geronimo Abilio. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Revolución Joao FC's Leandro Bartoli. But to his dismay, Leandro Bartoli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. In the 80th minute, Leandro Bartoli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Revolución Joao FC made a substitution. Azconzábal Morante replaced Cuero Ibañez. 82 minutes into the game, Leandro Bartoli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azconzábal Morante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro Bartoli in the 92nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rdth minute of the game Leandro Bartoli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Revolución Joao FC'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.