Challenge

El Monumental
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurelio Aureo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Hernán Crespo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Aureo in the 9th minute of the match. The supporters of El Millo de Haedo booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Ruisko having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 31st minute of play forced El Millo de Haedo's goalkeeper Fernando Ruisko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, El Millo de Haedo's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Fernando Ruisko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hernán Crespo was slow to take the kick. During this time El Millo de Haedo's players had a chance to rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hernán Crespo to make the kick off. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Fernando Ruisko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernán Crespo, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Jose Correa charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Correa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Aureo in the 71st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hernán Crespo was slow to take the kick. During this time El Millo de Haedo's players had a chance to rest. Hernán Crespo made a great header on El Millo de Haedo's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Aurelio Aureo scored 3-0 in the 85th 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. A collision led to El Millo de Haedo getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Bayezit Akçabay hit a great ball. A collision led to El Millo de Haedo getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Jeremias Ereinotz hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Fernando Ruisko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. After 92 minutes of play, El Millo de Haedo's Aurelio Aureo made it 4-0 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! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. El Millo de Haedo had played much better football throughout.