Challenge

Sirius Black
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gervasio Chano got the match started through his kick off. A hard shot by Mateo Romano from long distance, 6 minutes into the match, got Jonathan Ferrant's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jeronimo Millan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jeronimo Millan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Terje Sundberg came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Garaona in the 18th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Emiliano Oliviero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sirius Dog's supporters rose to their feet, but Emiliano Oliviero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gervasio Chano in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Terje Sundberg. In the 25th minute, Gervasio Chano fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervasio Chano in the 25th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 minutes, Terje Sundberg made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th minute, Terje Sundberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sirius Dog fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 36 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Terje Sundberg came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gervasio Chano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Costa scored 2-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeronimo Millan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervasio Chano in the 45th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th match minute, Sirius Dog was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donato Garaona to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Cugat in the 52nd minute of the match. Mateo Romano got a throw-in 55 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Emiliano Oliviero. When Jose Correa fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Jose Correa a yellow card for diving instead. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a Sirius Dog'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. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Gervasio Chano 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 3-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terje Sundberg in the 72nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Terje Sundberg in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gervasio Chano went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Gervasio Chano put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The audience was convinced that Gervasio Chano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86th minute, Urbano Lapurdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gervasio Chano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 94 minutes into the match, Donato Garaona notched a goal, 6-1, 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. Sirius Dog's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.