Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Claes Fender got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claes Fender in the 5th minute of the match. Claes Fender might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claes Fender ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claes Fender in the 8th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Montez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Claes Fender had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 15th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claes Fender in the 17th minute of play. If Claes Fender had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claes Fender in the 22nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hala Madrid Iraki FC's Mark Åberg managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Salvador Gisbert in the 26 minute of the game. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Ruben Montez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Claes Fender 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. In the 37th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Hala Madrid Iraki FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 40th minute, Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hala Madrid Iraki FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Egaña in the 45th minute. Alex Chicote charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Chicote the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. After the first half Hala Madrid Iraki FC were leading 0-1. 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 Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Claes Fender blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. If Claes Fender had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mark Åberg made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Alex Chicote. Alex Chicote made in the 62nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Alex Chicote however managed to control. In the 63rd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Montez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claes Fender did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 65 minutes into the match. Hala Madrid Iraki FC made a substitution. Rabia Ünal replaced Yin Ling Jian. Venezuela's attentive Salvador Gisbert managed to snatch the ball when Mark Åberg made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Hala Madrid Iraki FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruben Montez 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. Hala Madrid Iraki FC made a substitution. Stefan Danielsson replaced Valentin Axelsson. 76 minutes into the match, Hala Madrid Iraki FC's Johannes Sjögren sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Johannes Sjögren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rabia Ünal in the 82nd minute. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Johannes Sjögren got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ruben Montez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 87th minute of play. Johannes Sjögren might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Johannes Sjögren ran back to his position shaking his head. Johannes Sjögren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Johannes Sjögren got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the final whistle sounded Hala Madrid Iraki FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Venezuela.