Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Elias Gonzales kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 7 minutes into the game, when Guillermo Mariano put in a rough tackle. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! Higinio Xabat placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Joshua Secada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Villagra Velis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Venezuela's Villagra Velis threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joshua Secada, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ernesto de Souza's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. 24 minutes into the match, Cosme Botello 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 Cosme Botello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience was convinced that Ernesto de Souza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Gabriel Ermano in the 28th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jose Correa. In the 30th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Villagra Velis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 34 minutes of play, Los pibitos de mardel's Elvio Mendez made it 0-2 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! When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Venezuela 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ernesto de Souza to make the kick off. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Ernesto de Souza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Higinio Xabat was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 52nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. A throw-in in the 54th minute of the game was made by Gabriel Ermano with Elvio Mendez as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 57 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los pibitos de mardel the free kick. 77 minutes into the game, Gabriel Ermano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Los pibitos de mardel's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Los pibitos de mardel was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Ermano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81stth minute Salvador Gisbert easily got through Los pibitos de mardel's defense and fired away a shot, but Villagra Velis leaped left and performed a fabulous save. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them.