Challenge

Arena Legionów
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. Zenon Ludwiczak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Bartlomiej Raschke tried to sneak it across the goal line. 9 minutes into the game, Mikolaj Laskowski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Mikolaj Laskowski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Patricio Costa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zenon Ludwiczak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Zenon Ludwiczak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patricio Costa went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galena Kielce's goalkeeper Zenon Ludwiczak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tymoteusz Wolski went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 26 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomasz Krupa. In the 27th minute Galena Kielce were awarded a corner. Waldemar Zakrzewski went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Waldemar Zakrzewski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. In the 30th minute, Mateusz Kornecki left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galena Kielce fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Zenon Ludwiczak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joshua Secada in the 34th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Tomas Illescas put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Zenon Ludwiczak. Mikolaj Laskowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mikolaj Laskowski. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Galena Kielce's Mikolaj Laskowski. But to his dismay, Mikolaj Laskowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. When Patricio Costa fell near the penalty area in the 48th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Patricio Costa a yellow card for diving instead. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-2 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mateusz Kornecki to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galena Kielce the free kick. In the 52nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Zenon Ludwiczak in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 69 minutes, Mateusz Kornecki made it 6-2 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 72nd minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Galena Kielce'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. Zenon Ludwiczak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 76th minute. Zenon Ludwiczak made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes into the match, Galena Kielce's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Zenon Ludwiczak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Galena Kielce's Mateusz Kornecki. But to his dismay, Mateusz Kornecki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-2. Galena Kielce made a substitution. Wincent Borczak replaced Mikolaj Laskowski. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Zenon Ludwiczak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee felt a red card was in order, 90 minutes into the game, when Camilo Gaos put in a rough tackle. In the 90th minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Waldemar Zakrzewski:s penalty. Galena Kielce's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.