Challenge

JUAN DOMINGO PERON
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Pancha Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ignacio Pio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gilbert Cieliczka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th 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. The referee gave Pancha Futbol Club a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Anthon Mellbad, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fan Qi Bin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 16 minute of play. Patricio Costa came free in the 20th minute and tried to tip the ball over Gilbert Cieliczka, but to the joy of Pancha Futbol Club's supporters the ball went over. 22 minutes into the game, Pancha Futbol Club's Sultan-Mehmet De Paula nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 26 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fan Qi Bin. A throw-in in the 30th minute of the game was made by Primitivo Godoy with Fan Qi Bin as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After taking down the ball on Pancha Futbol Club's corner Alfredo Clodio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. Primitivo Godoy charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Primitivo Godoy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Primitivo Godoy hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. When Anthon Mellbad in the 45th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Jonathan Ferrant kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 5-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anthon Mellbad was the one to do the kick off. Joshua Secada struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Gilbert Cieliczka didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. After a rather tough play, Pancha Futbol Club's Primitivo Godoy got a free kick in the 56th minute. With an all-out effort, Venezuela's Gilbert Cieliczka threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patricio Costa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sultan-Mehmet De Paula kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Pancha Futbol Club's Maximo Gartzi was substituted for Anthon Mellbad. A collision led to Pancha Futbol Club getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Sultan-Mehmet De Paula hit a great ball. In the 74th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilbert Cieliczka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Fan Qi Bin notched a goal, 6-0, 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. In the 82nd minute, Primitivo Godoy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The throw-in from Primitivo Godoy in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Patricio Costa. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 94th play minutes Maximo Gartzi shot 7-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pancha Futbol Club fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.