Challenge

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Primitivo Txanton 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. 6 minutes into the game, Maravilla's Godofredo Marin 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, 1-0. Godofredo Marin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Godofredo Marin got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 16 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 18th minute Maravilla were awarded a corner. Paulus Van Poucke went to the cornerflag to take it. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cruz Credo in the 20th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cruz Credo in the 22nd minute of play. Facundo Altamirano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Cruz Credo 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. Vasco Gentil charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vasco Gentil the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vasco Gentil hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Facundo Altamirano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Roberto Mouzo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cruz Credo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cruz Credo in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cruz Credo in the 59th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cruz Credo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cruz Credo in the 62nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Cruz Credo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Maravilla's attentive Roberto Mouzo managed to snatch the ball when Alex Chicote made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Cruz Credo put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 78th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cruz Credo went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, Cruz Credo notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cruz Credo scored 8-1 in the 91st 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. Maravilla's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.