Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Kornasiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robert Kornasiewicz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Robert Kornasiewicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Jose Correa fell near the penalty area in the 12th 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the match, Herminio Vitin notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 19 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Kornasiewicz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. io.dasola's Szczepan Ciechocki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joshua Secada in the 23rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Herminio Vitin sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Herminio Vitin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Herminio Vitin struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for io.dasola. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Szczepan Ciechocki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 36th minute of play forced io.dasola's goalkeeper Szczepan Ciechocki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Szczepan Ciechocki. Szczepan Ciechocki dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herminio Vitin in the 42nd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herminio Vitin in the 45th minute of the match. In the 46th match minute, io.dasola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herminio Vitin to maneuver through the defense. After the first half io.dasola were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Herminio Vitin made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 53 minutes into the match, io.dasola's Robert Kornasiewicz broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Robert Kornasiewicz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Robert Kornasiewicz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. In the 58th minute, Robert Kornasiewicz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-5. Herminio Vitins short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye io.dasola's goalie prevented a goal. In the 67th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sylwester Kolano in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th minute Herminio Vitin 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. Herminio Vitin in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Herminio Vitin 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 1-6. After 91 played minutes io.dasola got a freekick which was hit by Sylwester Kolano. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herminio Vitin went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. io.dasola played a much better game than Venezuela and deserved their victory. The Venezuela players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.