Challenge

Héctor Ñato Vacou
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Severino Benino put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Joshua Secada hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Severino Benino. Abelardo Berenguer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abelardo Berenguer was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severino Benino, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant stood somewhat misplaced when Severino Benino came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 33 minute. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Severino Benino in the 36th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Benino in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Severino Benino was slow to take the kick. During this time Atlético y Tiro Rqta's players had a chance to rest. A well done corner resulted in Gabriel Urritz drilling the ball in to score 3-0 behind Venezuela's goalkeeper. In the 46th minute of the match, Severino Benino tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonathan Ferrant saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Severino Benino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Juli Álvarez. But to his dismay, Juli Álvarez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Benino in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. In the 57th minute, Juli Álvarez made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Atlético y Tiro Rqta made a substitution. Alvaro Izotz replaced Hu Fei Hai. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Severino Benino in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 64 minutes into the game, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Severino Benino 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, 6-0. If Severino Benino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Atlético y Tiro Rqta getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Alvaro Izotz hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Benino in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severino Benino, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juli Álvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Severino Benino 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. If Erubiel Munio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juli Álvarez in the 93rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 94th minute of the match. After 96 minutes of play, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Severino Benino made it 7-0 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! There was no doubt that Atlético y Tiro Rqta were the better team. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.