Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Victorino Tallia scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 6 minutes, Victorino Tallia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Graneros's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victorino Tallia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Victorino Tallia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. With his leg Attilio Perna managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Feliberto Otsando scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victorino Tallia's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. If Feliberto Otsando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 27th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romeo Frascuelo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorino Tallia in the 32nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Tallia came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Graneros's Attilio Perna managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Victorino Tallia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Romeo Frascuelo during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Graneros's Romeo Frascuelo got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes into the match, Victorino Tallia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victorino Tallia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victorino Tallia was the one to do the kick off. When Victorino Tallia came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Graneros fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Victorino Tallia couldn't finish the play. Attilio Perna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 57thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Graneros's Attilio Perna was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Attilio Perna didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Feliberto Otsando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 68th minute. 73 minutes into the match, Graneros's Feliberto Otsando sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Victorino Tallia in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 78th match minute, Graneros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Annilker to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Attilio Perna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Feliberto Otsando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victorino Tallia went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. In the 90th match minute, Graneros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Siro Sagrario to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Graneros getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Leon Annilker hit a great ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got his second yellow card of the match in the 95th minute. The referee ordered Jonathan Venegas off the ground. After 96 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. When the match was over Graneros could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Venezuela throughout the match.