Challenge

Ralles Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bengt Colin made the kick off which started today's match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leif Classon in the 5th minute of play. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Kristian Odén tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristian Odén was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Alfons Påk hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Magne Blomqvist hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas took a good shot, in the 13th minute, which hit the crossbar above Kristian Odén's head, and flew over the goal. Ralles Bollklubb's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Venezuela. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ralles Bollklubb's goalkeeper Kristian Odén, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 19th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt Colin in the 21st minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leif Classon in the 23rd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Ralles Bollklubb's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Kristian Odén reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kristian Odén narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Ralles Bollklubb's Marcus Wester in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Ralles Bollklubb's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristian Odén came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 58 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Magne Blomqvist who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Ralles Bollklubb's corner Magne Blomqvist fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kristian Odén breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tor Hjelm during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ralles Bollklubb fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 65th minute. Penalty! 73 minutes into the game, Johannes Ahlquist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ralles Bollklubb's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. 74 minutes into the match, Ralles Bollklubb's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Kristian Odén reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alfons Påk charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfons Påk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th minute, Alfons Påk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kristian Odén. The goal made the score 0-1. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 90th 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. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Kristian Odén made a huge save. Johannes Ahlquist kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The Venezuela supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Venezuela would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.