Challenge

Curmetea
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sven-Erik Hermansson kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Tomas Illescas 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. The audience was convinced that Ciprian Caba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 12th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cisco Rubial saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sorin Romaşcanu was slow to take the kick. During this time AC Ony's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Sorin Romaşcanu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Sven-Erik Hermansson sent off a good shot on target. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 19th 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. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Cisco Rubial tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Donald Tusk recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Donald Tusk showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Donald Tusk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Donald Tusk scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donald Tusk, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Ciprian Caba charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ciprian Caba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, AC Ony was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciprian Caba to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Caba in the 52nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute AC Ony were awarded a corner. Sorin Romaşcanu went to the cornerflag to take it. Ferdinand Chivulescu got a throw-in 55 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Sven-Erik Hermansson. In the 58th minute of the match, Patricio Costa tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cisco Rubial saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 59 minutes AC Ony's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Joshua Secada fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cisco Rubial quite easily take care of the ball. AC Ony's Pompiliu Traian was substituted for Cristian Banciu. In the 63rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. In the 65th minute, Sven-Erik Hermansson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 74th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute of the match Sorin Romaşcanu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 88th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sorin Romaşcanu in the 89th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela were furious when Alex Chicote was red carded, 92 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 92nd minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. AC Ony's Julio Dei got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There was no doubt that AC Ony were the better team. AC Ony's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.