Challenge

Saco FC
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Linus Resentvig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Peter-Jan De Brouwer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Antonio Alzamendi in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 22nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gaos to maneuver through the defense. 23 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Linus Resentvig came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Phillip Glerum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Antonio Alzamendi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Alzamendi. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linus Resentvig in the 43rd minute of the match. Peter-Jan De Brouwer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. When Saco FC's Antonio Alzamendi in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a Saco FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 48th minute, Saco FC's Linus Resentvig dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonio Alzamendi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Saco FC's Linus Resentvig. But to his dismay, Linus Resentvig quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After 63 minutes of play, Saco FC's Antonio Alzamendi made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66thth minute of the game Antonio Alzamendi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Antonio Alzamendi notched a goal, 4-0, 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. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Linus Resentvig went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Tomas Illescas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Phillip Glerum skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Xinaro Iranzo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saco FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Xinaro Iranzo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Antonio Alzamendi 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. After 90 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Joshua Secada. In the 93rd minute Linus Resentvig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saco FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.