Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Tomas Illescas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, 孟剑浩 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, 杨升泉 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and 杨升泉 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 蒋斐榕 made in the 10th minute of the game a quick throw-in and 钱寒康 immediately put the ball in play. In the 11th minute, 杨升泉 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 于志树, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 武汉东湖绿心足球俱乐部's 杨升泉 got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 李军扬 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 孟剑浩, 1-0. 李军扬 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. 46 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when 杨升泉 came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 杨升泉 was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd 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. Tomas Illescas's late challenge caught a 武汉东湖绿心足球俱乐部's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Illescas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 63rd minute, 杨升泉 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 69th minute, 杨升泉 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. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 孟剑浩 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 82nd minute. 杨升泉 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but 杨升泉 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 83rd minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. 孟剑浩 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 蒋斐榕 kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 96th minute, took the ball on the long shot from 蒋斐榕. 武汉东湖绿心足球俱乐部 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.