Challenge

Pablo A. Mauricio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. In the 10th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gervasio Vela's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Departamento 912's Gervasio Vela dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Gervasio Vela scored 3-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Erubiel Hernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gervasio Vela could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Gervasio Vela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 40th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gervasio Vela got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Departamento 912's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernhard Ocariz in the 42nd minute. Departamento 912's Bernhard Ocariz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Gervasio Vela sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th match minute, Departamento 912 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristobal Loreto to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gervasio Vela's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Cristobal Loreto kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. The supporters of Departamento 912 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Illescas didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervasio Vela in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 69 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 75th match minute, Departamento 912 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erasmo Bermudez to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Departamento 912'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. A nice corner shot did that Tomas Illescas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erubiel Hernandez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Departamento 912's Cristobal Loreto got a free kick in the 80th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeronimo Manni in the 85th minute of the match. Departamento 912's Augusto Tiniebra got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Departamento 912 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristobal Loreto didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Manni in the 94th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Jeronimo Manni notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Departamento 912's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.