Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 8th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Grigor Gerchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, ФК ОВЕЧ's Anko Súykov got a free kick in the 13th minute. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Grigor Gerchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 24th minute of play forced ФК ОВЕЧ's goalkeeper Grigor Gerchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Grigor Gerchev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brunko Robev, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Grigor Gerchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doychin Malamov in the 41st minute of the match. A throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game was made by Stiliyan Dragoshinov with Radul Malakov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 44th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Doychin Malamov during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 55 played minutes ФК ОВЕЧ got a freekick which was hit by Doychin Malamov. When Stiliyan Dragoshinov fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ФК ОВЕЧ's protests and gave Stiliyan Dragoshinov a yellow card for diving instead. Stiliyan Dragoshinov kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute of the match Tomas Illescas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Grigor Gerchev skillfully saved the ball. 69 minutes into the game, ФК ОВЕЧ's Doychin Malamov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind ФК ОВЕЧ's goalkeeper Grigor Gerchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Venezuela booed when ФК ОВЕЧ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adalbert Karolev 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 Doychin Malamov, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Doychin Malamov might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Doychin Malamov ran back to his position shaking his head. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.