Challenge

Baltic Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gianluca Scamacca made the kick off and thus started the match. When Josué Negri fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's protests and gave Josué Negri a yellow card for diving instead. In the 3rd minute, Josué Negri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Gustaw Fafinski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpected shot in the 10th minute by Gianluca Scamacca got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Gianluca Scamacca tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gustaw Fafinski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 17 minutes KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. Tomas Illescas made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's Gustaw Fafinski managed to reach the ball for a save. KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's Gustaw Fafinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Gisbert in the 18th minute of play. After a rather tough play, KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's Slawomir Wojciechowski got a free kick in the 21st minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Gianluca Scamacca took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. 35 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gianluca Scamacca. The audience was convinced that Gianluca Scamacca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Gianluca Scamacca succeeded in the game's 40th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. When Camilo Gaos fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Venezuela's protests and gave Camilo Gaos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 47th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 53 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Scamacca came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 55 minutes, Ahmet Haşim Tekmil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Scamacca in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's goalkeeper Gustaw Fafinski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. The supporters of KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gianluca Scamacca scored 3-0 in the 75th 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. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustaw Fafinski having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Wojciechowski in the 85th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gustaw Fafinski came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Gustaw Fafinski managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 92 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Scamacca came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. KS Lechia Gdańsk S.A's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.