Challenge

Jerry Park
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. 3 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Czeslaw Tipinski. After 5 played minutes Brow Team got a freekick which was hit by Bogumil Wawro. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Norbert Kostrzewa during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of Brow Team:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. Bogumil Wawro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. After some careless play in the Brow Team defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Igor Siekierski. The Brow Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Igor Siekierski should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Bogumil Wawro took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Bogumil Wawro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-2 in the 21 minute of play. Brow Team's Igor Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to Brow Team getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Zachary Wojno hit a great ball. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After 32 minutes of play, Brow Team's Czeslaw Tipinski made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Brow Team's Igor Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 37th minute of play. Rigoberto Mina's late challenge caught a Brow Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Mina helped the player get up and apologised. After 40 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mina. Mariusz Mroczynski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Czeslaw Tipinski was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Franciszek Modliszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franciszek Modliszewski in the 57th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Siekierski made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Czeslaw Tipinski in the 64th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franciszek Modliszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franciszek Modliszewski in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Franciszek Modliszewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brow Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Tipinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Igor Siekierski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Czeslaw Tipinski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Brow Team's Czeslaw Tipinski. But to his dismay, Czeslaw Tipinski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. There was no doubt that Brow Team were the better team. Brow Team's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.