Challenge

Estadio AgusJaz
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. After 9 minutes, Jonathan Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the NECKER49 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. When Riki Čapo came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the NECKER49 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 Riki Čapo couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute, Tiburcio Argina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Silvano Casanova sent off a good shot on target. Basilio Hegoi lost his temper 18 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 17th minute of the game. One of NECKER49:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. Tiburcio Argina kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Joel Cristofor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riki Čapo in the 28th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel Cristofor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of NECKER49 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Gonzáles, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Riki Čapo, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvano Casanova to make the kick off. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Joel Cristofor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Joel Cristofor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeronimo Elizardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silvano Casanova took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. NECKER49 made a substitution. Isidoro Fagondo replaced Silvano Casanova. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Isidoro Fagondo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jose Correa charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Correa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 88th minute, Santiago Totakoxe got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 92nd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of NECKER49's goalie and right to Salvador Gisbert. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. NECKER49's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 93rd minute, Isidoro Fagondo made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. There was no doubt that NECKER49 were the better team. NECKER49's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.