Challenge

John Deere Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Oscar Haraldsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Knut Collin took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rikard Nyqvist in the 10th minute. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Alfons Stål's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 39 minutes into the game, Åke Granqvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bondeträsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After 39 played minutes Bondeträsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Åke Granqvist. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After having played for 44 minutes, Alfons Stål managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bondeträsk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfons Stål was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Alfons Stål made the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfons Stål went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 61 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Alfons Stål came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute of the game Anton Grep made a throw-in which Rikard Nyqvist played forward. In the 71stth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bondeträsk FC's Leo Björling was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute Rikard Nyqvist 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. In the 74th match minute, Bondeträsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Grep to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's attentive Jose Correa managed to snatch the ball when Anton Grep made a throw-in in the 80th minute of the game. In the 82ndth minute of the game Alfons Stål 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. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bondeträsk FC'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. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bondeträsk FC's Leo Björling did a great save. Leo Björling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 92nd minute of play. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rikard Nyqvist in the 96th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Bondeträsk FC fully deserved thier win.