Challenge

ARENA MINEIRA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. COURO COME FC's Guto Vaz got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nildo Chaves got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nildo Chaves got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nildo Chavess short, quick shot in the 10thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Geovani Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. COURO COME FC's Nildo Chaves got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 1-0 became the score in the 24th minute when Iuri Cardozo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. COURO COME FC's Léo Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of play. Nildo Chaves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. COURO COME FC's Iuri Cardozo got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iuri Cardozo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Geovani Coutinho took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Geovani Coutinho hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 56th minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Léo Sampaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Décio Veiga 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 3-0. When COURO COME FC's Nildo Chaves in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Geovani Coutinho hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute Nildo Chaves 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nildo Chaves, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. When Geovani Coutinho fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored COURO COME FC's protests and gave Geovani Coutinho a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Geovani Coutinho hit a great ball. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Lauro Guerra replaced Geovani Coutinho. Geovani Coutinho hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 79th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iuri Cardozo in the 80th minute of play. Décio Veiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 87th minute. Iuri Cardozo'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. Iuri Cardozo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Iuri Cardozo hit a great ball. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Bogumil Dankowski replaced Iuri Cardozo. A throw-in in the 94th minute of the game was made by Lauro Guerra with Guto Vaz as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. COURO COME FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leonel Koehler in the 97th minute. After taking down the ball on COURO COME FC's corner Leonel Koehler fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. COURO COME FC had won after a very even match.