Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niles Crane, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. In the 3rd minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kaj Helström having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ward Neal in the 12th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. İsmail Pekşen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kaj Helström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of the match. If Ward Neal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kaj Helström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Niles Crane managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but Niles Crane 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. In the 32nd minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaj Helström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Niles Crane left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stowe City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Emmanuel Stroh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emmanuel Stroh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanuel Stroh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Stowe City booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stowe City's Angelo Price got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 46th minute. Emmanuel Stroh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Niles Crane stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Emmanuel Stroh managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but Emmanuel Stroh 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. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kaj Helström. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 58th minute, İsmail Pekşen 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. Stowe City's Matt Briggs was substituted for Ward Neal. Stowe City made a substitution. Paul Villalobos replaced Leo Bingham. 82 minutes into the game, Johnathan Haynes threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Jose Correa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 82 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Patricio Costa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kaj Helström made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 87 played minutes Stowe City got a freekick which was hit by Johnathan Haynes. The Venezuela support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.