Challenge

Estadio Todo Rojo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luo Ming Peng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Poker de Ases ⚜️ booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonathan Venegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute, Anton Becker left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Poker de Ases ⚜️ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Becker in the 12th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Pedro Button reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 2-0. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 17th 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Ayhan Özbey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. 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 28th minute. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. When Luo Ming Peng came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Poker de Ases ⚜️ 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 Luo Ming Peng couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Becker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Luo Ming Peng tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Pedro Button hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anton Becker to make the kick off. 57 minutes into the game, Luo Ming Peng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Orkatz in the 64th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luo Ming Peng in the 66th minute of play. After 70th play minutes Luo Ming Peng shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 76 minutes, Anton Becker managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Poker de Ases ⚜️'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Anton Becker was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Poker de Ases ⚜️'s Godfredo George was substituted for Anton Becker. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Godfredo George in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Poker de Ases ⚜️'s goalkeeper Ayhan Özbey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. There was no doubt that Poker de Ases ⚜️ were the better team. Poker de Ases ⚜️'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.