Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. When Tajfun's Witold Wnukowski in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boruc Ryback, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute, Konrad Filanowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the match, Tajfun's goalkeeper Piotr Wyrzykowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tajfun's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Tajfun's Piotr Wyrzykowski did a great save. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. If Boruc Ryback had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mariusz Czeszejko hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Piotr Wyrzykowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 23 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Wnukowski came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. When Tajfun's Stasio Nikodemski in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Witold Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Witold Wnukowski 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. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Piotr Wyrzykowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Tadeusz Skirzynski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Tajfun was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konrad Filanowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Piotr Wyrzykowski having to make a save. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jacek Ziombkowski was slow to take the kick. During this time Tajfun's players had a chance to rest. In the 80th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute, Stasio Nikodemski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 90 played minutes Tajfun got a freekick which was hit by Tadeusz Skirzynski. In the 92nd match minute, Tajfun was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariusz Czeszejko to maneuver through the defense. Mariusz Czeszejko made in the 93rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Arkadiusz Witkowski. Tajfun's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.