Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Alisson Becker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Dabi 吕布 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 0-1. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alisson Becker having to make a save. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st match minute, Oskars Glada Gäng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Mello to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Sten Kvick kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sten Kvick, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. When Joshua Secada fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Joshua Secada a yellow card for diving instead. Joshua Secada kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. If Fu Shu Xuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sten Kvick to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Oskars Glada Gäng's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alisson Becker came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Daniel Mello in the 54th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Daniel Mello hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alisson Becker breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Oskars Glada Gäng's Adam Blue tried to score from far away in the 67th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Patricio Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 80th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alisson Becker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 84th minute Sten Kvick 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. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Kvick in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Alisson Becker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oskars Glada Gäng's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.