Challenge

RE-GASOMETRO
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emanuel Hjelm got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes, Tomas Illescas made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. El Imperio del Cuervo's Remigio Petrigai tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Zachariasz Frankowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes in the game Guillermo Mariano did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tomas Illescas. A collision led to El Imperio del Cuervo getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Baltasar Txatxu hit a great ball. After having played for 18 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 23rd minute of play forced El Imperio del Cuervo's goalkeeper Remigio Petrigai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Zachariasz Frankowski notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Remigio Petrigai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th match minute, El Imperio del Cuervo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusebio Criston to maneuver through the defense. Zachariasz Frankowski'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 39th minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 47thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Imperio del Cuervo's Remigio Petrigai was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd of the match, Patricio Costa tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Remigio Petrigai got in the way and made a wonderful save. With his leg Remigio Petrigai managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Remigio Petrigai made a huge save. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachariasz Frankowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. El Imperio del Cuervo's Remigio Petrigai proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save El Imperio del Cuervo from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Remigio Petrigai breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ermegildo Perez hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Remigio Petrigai breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 78th minute, Patricio Costa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Remigio Petrigai. The goal made the score 1-2. Emanuel Hjelm'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. Emanuel Hjelm helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st match minute, El Imperio del Cuervo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Hjelm to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute, Emanuel Hjelm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 88 played minutes El Imperio del Cuervo got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Hjelm. In the 89th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remigio Petrigai was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Zachariasz Frankowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Venezuela players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.