Challenge

SvE United Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) SvE United's Vitko Kozlov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Hristo Stoichkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonny Kleen. Hristo Stoichkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the game, Jose Correa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SvE United the free kick. In the 13th minute, SvE United's Hristo Stoichkov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 27th minute of the match, Hristo Stoichkov got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 30th minute of the match SvE United got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jonny Kleen ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led SvE United's Jonny Kleen to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonathan Ferrant despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 31st minute, Jonny Kleen made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitko Kozlov in the 33rd minute of the match. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 40th minute, when Vitko Kozlov scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 4-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonny Kleen in the 46th minute of the match. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzvetoslav Desov having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

SvE United's Tzvetoslav Desov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save SvE United from getting a goal against them. Jonny Kleen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. In the 57th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hristo Stoichkov in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jonny Kleen was slow to take the kick. During this time SvE United's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jonny Kleen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by SvE United's Jonny Kleen. But to his dismay, Jonny Kleen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. After 72 minutes of play, SvE United's Hristo Stoichkov made it 6-0 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 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Tzvetoslav Desov made a huge save. 78 minutes into the match, Jonny Kleen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonny Kleen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tzvetoslav Desov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in SvE United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 84th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 86 minutes, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tzvetoslav Desov. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. 91 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonny Kleen, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. After 99 minutes of play, SvE United's Hristo Stoichkov made it 9-1 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! There was no doubt that SvE United were the better team. SvE United's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.