Challenge

Old Trafford
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Eero Uusipaavalniemi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 12th minute of the match. Eero Uusipaavalniemi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 14th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taisto Pentsinen in the 18th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Taisto Pentsinen 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. After 22 minutes, Valdemar Kuoppala made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 28th minute, Taisto Pentsinen 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. When Taisto Pentsinen in the 29th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Jonathan Ferrant kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 2-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. In the 33rd minute, Taisto Pentsinen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 38th minute of the match. A hard shot 45 in the game by Valdemar Kuoppala from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davide Beckham, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eero Uusipaavalniemi's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas in the 56thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Beckham in the 58th minute of play. In the 59th minute of the match Manchester United FC got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eero Uusipaavalniemi ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Eero Uusipaavalniemi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Edwin van der Sar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 61st minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eero Uusipaavalniemi, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After 68 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. In the 69th minute, Valdemar Kuoppala 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. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 75th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. After having played for 84 minutes, Taisto Pentsinen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manchester United FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Taisto Pentsinen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Beckham in the 85th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala. But to his dismay, Valdemar Kuoppala quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. After 94 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there!