Challenge

Stadion IRKUT
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 7 minutes, Jonathan Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Спартак players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! Jonathan Ferrant went to the wrong direction when Zinoviy Bronnikov was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Elizardo Corrales charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elizardo Corrales the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Elizardo Corrales hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Vitaliy Eliseev tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Спартак getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Albert Schegodskiy hit a great ball. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Спартак was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armin Mustakivi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Спартак's Aleksandr Sibirev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Vitaliy Eliseev put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 44th match minute, Спартак was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Breider to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Zinoviy Bronnikov:s penalty. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Zinoviy Bronnikov 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Aleksandr Sibirev 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 54th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Albert Schegodskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Albert Schegodskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. A sloppy throw-in by Elizardo Corrales in the 76th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert. Tomas Illescas in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aleksandr Sibirev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Vitaliy Eliseev came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jose Correa during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Спартак were victorious despite being under pressure from Venezuela for much of the match.