Challenge

Franck Ribery Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 2 played minutes Progresul Pitesti got a freekick which was hit by Ezkerra Villasana. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karol Czempa in the 5th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Progresul Pitesti defense, Patricio Costa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Tudor. The Progresul Pitesti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Tudor should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Progresul Pitesti defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Tudor. The Progresul Pitesti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Tudor should have stopped the shot. Timmie Deinse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th minute Karol Czempa 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. Karol Czempa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Martin Tudor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karol Czempa in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Karol Czempa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. In the 36th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the game, Progresul Pitesti's Chorache Tofiño nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Ezkerra Villasana made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leonard Moise. Karol Czempa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Karol Czempa slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 2-3 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 Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 51st minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karol Czempa in the 61st minute of play. In the 61st minute, Karol Czempa 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 3-3. 64 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Vasile Blănaru came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 65th minute. After having played for 69 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 74 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Martin Tudor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasile Blănaru in the 77th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Florin Logofătu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Progresul Pitesti's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florin Logofătu in the 81st minute. A well done corner resulted in Chorache Tofiño drilling the ball in to score 4-3 behind Venezuela's goalkeeper. When Karol Czempa came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Progresul Pitesti 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 Karol Czempa couldn't finish the play. A throw-in in the 90th minute of the game was made by Ezkerra Villasana with Karol Czempa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Vasile Blănaru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Vasile Blănaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Vasile Blănaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.