Challenge

Claude François
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Conceicão kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Francisco Conceicão left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alexandrie CF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthias Brandin having to interfere. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Alexandrie CF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joshua Secada during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 22nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Secada to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 25 minutes, Ruslan Tikhonov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alexandrie CF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ruslan Tikhonov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 32 minutes into the match, Francisco Conceicão dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 3-0. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Alexandrie CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fidel Domenech didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wang Guang Chuan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jonathan Ferrant firmly grabbed it by the left post. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. A collision led to Alexandrie CF getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Roland Gosse hit a great ball. Alexandrie CF's Matthias Brandin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Alexandrie CF from getting a goal against them. Matthias Brandin was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Tomas Illescas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomas Illescas really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Alexandrie CF's Matthias Brandin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Alexandrie CF from getting a goal against them. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alexandrie CF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. In the 68th minute, Ruslan Tikhonov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. A collision led to Alexandrie CF getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Fidel Domenech hit a great ball. After 76 minutes, Jonathan Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Alexandrie CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes, Alexandrie CF's Ruslan Tikhonov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Alexandrie CF reached it. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaac Andrews in the 78th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Conceicão in the 79th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Francisco Conceicão 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruslan Tikhonov in the 82nd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Conceicão, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Matthias Brandin made a huge save. In the 91st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joshua Secada to maneuver through the defense. Alexandrie CF walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.