Challenge

Fracasos de America
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Theagenis Papageorgiou took the kick off in the first half of the match. Theagenis Papageorgiou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Theagenis Papageorgiou came free with the goalkeeper in the 9th 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. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Theagenis Papageorgiou showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Theagenis Papageorgiou sent off a good shot on target. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 21 minutes of play, Fracasados's Javier Beti made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mai Yao Yao having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Javier Beti went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Javier Beti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Javier Beti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roman Urre kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mai Yao Yao was relentless in the 48th minute of the game.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mai Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 52nd minute, Venezuela's Patricio Costa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mai Yao Yao. Mai Yao Yao yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fracasados's goalkeeper Mai Yao Yao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 57 played minutes Fracasados got a freekick which was hit by Roman Urre. In the 64th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Honorio Lapurdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Javier Beti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mai Yao Yao having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theagenis Papageorgiou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Javier Beti's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. 86 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Javier Beti came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 88 in the game by Tomas Illescas from a close distance when the talented Mai Yao Yao managed to make a qualified save. Fracasados's players were relieved. Honorio Lapurdi'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 90th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Javier Beti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Javier Beti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. There was no doubt that Fracasados were the better team. Fracasados's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.