Challenge

Serra Dourada Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Umberto Peres went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcus Diniz in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Goiás Esporte Clube booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 16 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. In the 17th minute of the match Valdir Neves shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Marcus Diniz 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 hard shot 30 in the game by Marcus Diniz from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. Venezuela's attentive Tomas Illescas managed to snatch the ball when Dong Xuan Xi made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. Marcus Diniz did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 35 minutes into the match. Marcus Dinizs short, quick shot in the 40thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Marcus Diniz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dênis Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the game, Marcus Diniz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcus Diniz to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 50th minute of play forced Goiás Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Natanael Paraense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Diniz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Umberto Peres in the 55th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Umberto Peres in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Diniz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Umberto Peres in the 68th minute of the match. Valdir Neves hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The throw-in from Dong Xuan Xi in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. In the 81st minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natanael Paraense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marcus Diniz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Diniz in the 90th minute of play. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Marcus Diniz 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.