Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alvaro Sforza got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mihai Daimacă missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 8 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Jonathan Ferrant right hand side. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza. But to his dismay, Alvaro Sforza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 14th minute, Alvaro Sforza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Sforza in the 17th minute of the match. Alvaro Sforza might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alvaro Sforza ran back to his position shaking his head. 19 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Alvaro Sforza came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Alvaro Sforza 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 0-3. If Alvaro Sforza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Sforza in the 34th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 44 minutes into the game, AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza 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, 0-4. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Javier Della Francesca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Mihai Daimacă hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Della Francesca in the 62nd minute of the match. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Alvaro Sforza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. In the 69th minute of the match AC Roma 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. Alvaro Sforza ran over to the corner to take the kick. AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Sforza in the 72nd minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Alvaro Sforza notched a goal, 0-5, 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. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Alvaro Sforza got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 0-7. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mihai Daimacă during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 92nd match minute, AC Roma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mihai Daimacă to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AC Roma eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.