Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. FC PullaPojat's Pyry Kuokkanen got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luan Silva'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. Luan Silva helped the player get up and apologised. After 6 played minutes FC PullaPojat got a freekick which was hit by Luan Silva. After a defensive mix-up in FC PullaPojat's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reino Helavuori 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 Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Auno Kamppuri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, Pyry Kuokkanen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC PullaPojat fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 31 minutes into the match, FC PullaPojat's Edwin Söderqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Reino Helavuori in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin Söderqvist in the 44th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Pyry Kuokkanen 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edwin Söderqvist to make the kick off. Reino Helavuori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Auno Kamppuri in the 57th minute. After 58 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Xiao Yuan who took care of the corner kick. The corner led FC PullaPojat's Jiang Xiao Yuan to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonathan Ferrant despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. FC PullaPojat's 尤锋延 was substituted for Aimo Karjalainen. 65 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edwin Söderqvist. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin Söderqvist in the 69th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute Edwin Söderqvist 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. When FC PullaPojat's Edwin Söderqvist in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. In the 74thth minute of the game Edwin Söderqvist 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. After having played for 75 minutes, Edwin Söderqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC PullaPojat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edwin Söderqvist was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Reino Helavuori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC PullaPojat made a substitution. Untamo Salermo replaced Edwin Söderqvist. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Auno Kamppuri took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. In the 93rd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reino Helavuori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Untamo Salermo in the 94th minute of the match. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC PullaPojat were clearly better and deserved to take the win.