Challenge

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Amadeo Martxel kicked off to start the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Amadeo Martxel managed to get in a good position for a shot. los nadies's supporters rose to their feet, but Amadeo Martxel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Camilo Isauro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 5th minute of the match. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. los nadies's Camilo Isauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of play. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Camilo Isauro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 34th minute of play forced los nadies's goalkeeper Camilo Isauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Camilo Isauro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute, Siro Olivar 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. After 46 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Camilo Isauro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 51 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eldridge Marshall's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amadeo Martxel charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amadeo Martxel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Amadeo Martxel hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. When los nadies's Eldridge Marshall in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eldridge Marshall in the 68th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Juan Laffitte made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. After 77 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Juan Laffitte who took care of the corner kick. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeo Martxel, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 80th match minute, los nadies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Colin Barco to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Camilo Isauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amadeo Martxel in the 85th minute of play. los nadies's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Juan Laffitte in the 86th minute. Juan Laffitte made a great header on los nadies's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeo Martxel, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Cenan Ergüven managed to get in a good position for a shot. los nadies's supporters rose to their feet, but Cenan Ergüven was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Eldridge Marshall's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 94th minute of the game.