Challenge

Ziggo Dome
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Charly Rusterholz made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, Rondo's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Orestis Lazarou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 6 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Charly Rusterholz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Jacco Hekman could shoot a difficult shot in the 16th minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. Jacco Hekman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Arnout Arends kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 26th match minute, Rondo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Braamhaar to maneuver through the defense. Charly Rusterholz took the ball and in the 28 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 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Rondo's Charly Rusterholz. But to his dismay, Charly Rusterholz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Charly Rusterholz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Charly Rusterholz really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Roeland Hoogendorp'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. Roeland Hoogendorp helped the player get up and apologised. Roeland Hoogendorp hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. When Roeland Hoogendorp came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Rondo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roeland Hoogendorp couldn't finish the play. Charly Rusterholz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Jonathan Ferrant 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 Arnout Arends, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 61 minutes into the match, Rondo's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Orestis Lazarou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Orestis Lazarou came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomas Illescas slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 62nd minute. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Orestis Lazarou to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jacco Hekman took the ball and in the 67 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 5-1. The audience was convinced that Jacco Hekman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. 71 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Jacco Hekman came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orestis Lazarou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rick de Zee in the 77th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-2. Orestis Lazarou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roeland Hoogendorp in the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacco Hekman in the 83rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 91st minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charly Rusterholz, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rick de Zee in the 94th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Rondo players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.