Challenge

Estádio Tamboril
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cacá Matorin in the 8th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Tamboril's Cacá Matorin 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, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Zaremba in the 19th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Emil Zaremba dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Zaremba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tamboril's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emil Zaremba in the 27th minute. Tamboril's Emil Zaremba was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Zaremba, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Tamboril's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erivaldo Furlan 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. 37 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Zaremba came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emil Zaremba who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Emil Zaremba almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Emil Zaremba made the kick off in the second half. Tamboril's Erivaldo Furlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 51st minute of play. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after Tamboril's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Erivaldo Furlan quite easily take care of the ball. The attack was good, but when Salvador Gisbert in the 52nd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 58th minute, Salvador Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Zaremba in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rubens Torres'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. Rubens Torres helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Tamboril's Rubens Torres got a free kick in the 65th minute. Erivaldo Furlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 66th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Venezuela's Erivaldo Furlan threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patricio Costa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Zaremba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 80 played minutes Tamboril got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Alagoano. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erivaldo Furlan was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubens Torres in the 91st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Zaremba, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The supporters of Tamboril booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Tamboril fully deserved thier win.