Challenge

EL PASO
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, 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. In the 5th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Davi Lendaa came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 邱平云 who took care of the corner kick. In the 13th match minute, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thalis Abaris to maneuver through the defense. After 16 played minutes ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ got a freekick which was hit by Thalis Abaris. After 27 minutes, Guillermo Mariano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Davi Lendaa managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's supporters rose to their feet, but Davi Lendaa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Davi Lendaa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Davi Lendaa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Davi Lendaa to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Davi Lendaa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Davi Lendaa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Thalis Abaris fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's protests and gave Thalis Abaris a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Thalis Abaris got a free kick in the 66th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Davi Lendaa managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's supporters rose to their feet, but Davi Lendaa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 75 minutes into the match, Kleanthis Lianos 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 Kleanthis Lianos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Iosif Tsoleridis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The corner led to Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kleanthis Lianos in the 84th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kleanthis Lianos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Kerem Aktürkoglu's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kerem Aktürkoglu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Kerem Aktürkoglu hit a great ball. Iosif Tsoleridis made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. In the 93rd minute, Patricio Costa fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Thalis Abaris kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.