Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Salvador Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Vladimiro Ledesma stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Vladimiro Ledesma tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Mechita F.C getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Leandro Quinito hit a great ball. Alessio Treglia was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Tomas Illescas. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Mechita F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victoriano Gaitano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute, Leandro Quinito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the game, Teobaldo Jenaro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Lanckneus, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alessio Treglia having to interfere. In the 23rdth minute of the game Vladimiro Ledesma 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Lanckneus in the 25th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mechita F.C's Alessio Treglia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Mechita F.C from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teobaldo Jenaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teobaldo Jenaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mechita F.C's Alessio Treglia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Mechita F.C from getting a goal against them. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Mechita F.C's Alessio Treglia managed to reach the ball for a save. When Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert in 35 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Alessio Treglia guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 36th minute Vladimiro Ledesma 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 38th play minutes Richard Lanckneus shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 41st minute, Richard Lanckneus 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 0-3. Tim Zanetti kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Mechita F.C's Alessio Treglia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Richard Lanckneus was the one to do the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, Richard Lanckneus 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 Richard Lanckneus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Richard Lanckneus sent off a good shot on target. Fabio Sazon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Richard Lanckneuss short, quick shot in the 69thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Vladimiro Ledesma did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 76 minutes into the match. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vladimiro Ledesma struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mechita F.C. Fabio Sazon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edelmiro Velasco got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Vladimiro Ledesma 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobaldo Jenaro in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Jenaro in the 91st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas's late challenge caught a Mechita F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Illescas helped the player get up and apologised. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Mechita F.C's Vladimiro Ledesma got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Edelmiro Velasco tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Mechita F.C left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Venezuela.