Challenge

Arborial Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lucas Navarro started the match with the kick off. Lucas Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute of the match, Tracy Shah got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tracy Shah's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Shaki Conn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 14th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Shaki Conn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 1-0 became the score in the 19th minute when Tracy Shah elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Lucas Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucas Navarro was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 27th minute. ForestFire's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind ForestFire's goalkeeper Shaki Conn, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by ForestFire's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. 36 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro 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, 2-1. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. In the 41st minute Jose Hoyt 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Navarro in the 43rd minute of the match. If Lucas Navarro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Lucas Navarro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Navarro in the 57th minute of play. After having played for 59 minutes, Lucas Navarro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ForestFire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucas Navarro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 61st minute, Lucas Navarro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ForestFire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Navarro in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Tracy Shah made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Lucas Navarro. But to his dismay, Lucas Navarro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jose Hoyt'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 73rd minute of play. ForestFire's Tad Sierra was substituted for Cãlin Tâmbalari. In the 79thth minute of the game Lucas Navarro 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. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tracy Shah's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. After having played for 84 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Navarro in the 86th minute of play. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 6-1 when Lucas Navarro sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 93rd minute, Lucas Navarro 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 7-1. ForestFire walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.