Challenge

Prince Alì Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristinel Mustățea got the match started through his kick off. Emiliano Santilli succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 5th playminute. 8 minutes into the match, 何沙铮 dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 2-0. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Genio della Lampada FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roger Grönlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dennis De Rossi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Genio della Lampada FC's Joélson de Azevedo did a great save. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Frank Pich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 31 minutes of play, Genio della Lampada FC's Cristinel Mustățea 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! Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 38th minute, Dennis De Rossi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Genio della Lampada FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 何沙铮 in the 51st minute of the match. In the 55th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Genio della Lampada FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 何沙铮 in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes into the game, 何沙铮 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A hard shot 62 in the game by Tomas Illescas from a close distance when the talented Joélson de Azevedo managed to make a qualified save. Genio della Lampada FC's players were relieved. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Joélson de Azevedo came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomas Illescas slotted it home off the left post making it 6-1 in the 69th minute. Genio della Lampada FC's Ciccio Cellucci was substituted for Dennis De Rossi. Genio della Lampada FC's Felice Mazzone was substituted for Sebastian Liberatore. A throw-in in the 78th minute of the game was made by Emiliano Santilli with Felice Mazzone as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Genio della Lampada FC's Joélson de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 84th minute of play. After 91 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristinel Mustățea in the 94th minute of play. Genio della Lampada FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.