Challenge

KFC Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zygmunt Rywin started the match with the kick off. Fifth Chicken's Leszek Mikulski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 3rd minute of play. After 6 minutes, Sad Failla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fifth Chicken and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Fifth Chicken getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Sad Failla hit a great ball. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. Camilo Gaos made in the 10th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tomas Illescas. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leszek Mikulski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 22nd minute, Fifth Chicken's Tobiasz Harbaszewski seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Tobiasz Harbaszewski the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Fifth Chicken protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Tobiasz Harbaszewski had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Fifth Chicken fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 22nd minute. Penalty! In the 25th minute there was a penalty for Venezuela. Tomas Illescas stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Leszek Mikulski. 0-1. 28 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leszek Mikulski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. A sloppy throw-in by Salvador Gisbert in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Fifth Chicken's Tanek Rekowski. Camilo Gaos made in the 35th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. Fifth Chicken's Tanek Rekowski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Salvador Gisbert, made in the 37th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Fifth Chicken's Tanek Rekowski got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leszek Mikulski having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Patricio Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leszek Mikulski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 56 minutes into the match, Fifth Chicken's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Leszek Mikulski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guillermo Mariano scored 0-3 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leszek Mikulski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leszek Mikulski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 62nd minute. Tanek Rekowski'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. Tanek Rekowski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Fifth Chicken was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tanek Rekowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joshua Secada hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Fifth Chicken's Damazy Lampe managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guillermo Mariano in the 67 minute of the game. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Leszek Mikulski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 77 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leszek Mikulski. Fifth Chicken's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leszek Mikulski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tomas Illescas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 91 minute of play. Salvador Gisbert made in the 95th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fifth Chicken's Tanek Rekowski. Venezuela's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.