Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes, Patricio Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Jagodnica SA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zbigniew Charlap during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Jagodnica SA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zbigniew Charlap didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacek Wodaszak was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 8th minute. The score was now 1-0. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacek Wodaszak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 12th minute. After 17 minutes of play, Jagodnica SA's Wincent Brataniec made it 1-1 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! Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 21stth minute of the game Wincent Brataniec who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 32nd minute. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jacek Wodaszak in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Jagodnica SA's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacek Wodaszak came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Iwo Bubczyk, made in the 38th minute of the game. After 43 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Wincent Brataniec scored 1-2 in the 44th 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. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Jacek Wodaszak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half Jagodnica SA were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wincent Brataniec made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincent Brataniec in the 55th minute of play. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wincent Brataniec in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Patricio Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacek Wodaszak having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Jagodnica SA's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacek Wodaszak came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 74th minute, Jagodnica SA's Wincent Brataniec dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Szczepan Andryszyn's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Szczepan Andryszyn helped the player get up and apologised. Szczepan Andryszyn hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincent Brataniec in the 82nd minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Wincent Brataniec came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacek Wodaszak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Venezuela manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Jagodnica SA to win.