Challenge

The Palace Punisher
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by The Punisher's Adriano Seabra. But to his dismay, Adriano Seabra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 9th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute Michail Bakunin 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. In the 12th minute The Punisher were awarded a corner. Adriano Seabra went to the cornerflag to take it. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgar Miodek in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 19th minute of play forced The Punisher's goalkeeper Ke Kun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgar Miodek got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Venezuela fans' excitement grew in the 23rd match minute when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Patricio Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as The Punisher's Edgar Miodek slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-1 after 30 minutes of play. In the 32nd minute, Michail Bakunin 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 Punisher's Ke Kun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute of play. Edgar Miodek in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, The Punisher's Guga Simão got a free kick in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute Edgar Miodek 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.

The wind increased when Edgar Miodek made the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Edgar Miodek took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. After having played for 57 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Azevedo made in the 61st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Guga Simão. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ke Kun saved The Punisher from getting behind. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Miodek in the 65th minute of play. The Punisher's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adriano Seabra in the 67th minute. After taking down the ball on The Punisher's corner Adriano Seabra fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. In the 68th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ke Kun was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Miodek in the 72nd minute of play. When Carlos Azevedo fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Punisher's protests and gave Carlos Azevedo a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, The Punisher's Carlos Azevedo got a free kick in the 74th minute. Michail Bakunin scored 4-2 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edgar Miodek blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. In the 93rd minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 99th minute.