Challenge

Stadion Maksimir ™
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. If Zachary Parzysz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Zachary Parzysz came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute, Bruno Šimunko 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. Gürcan Orguntay kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Elder de Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachary Parzysz in the 23rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Zachary Parzysz shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Elder de Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elder de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachary Parzysz, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Bruno Šimunko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. In the 48th minute, Bruno Šimunko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruno Šimunko hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zachary Parzysz to strike the kick off in the second half. Alex Chicote got a throw-in 54 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Patricio Costa. Bruno Šimunko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 64th 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Elder de Toledo in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 71 minutes, Gürcan Orguntay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 71 played minutes GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ got a freekick which was hit by Gürcan Orguntay. Gürcan Orguntay hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elder de Toledo came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bruno Šimunko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arijan Zlatarević lost his temper 90 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 89th minute of the game. One of GNK Dinamo Zagreb™:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. In the 99th minute, Ibrica Madunić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.