Challenge

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. After having played for 2 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Barnaba Lamczyk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alex Chicote charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Chicote the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the game, Zachary Pankowski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee felt a red card was in order, 17 minutes into the game, when Rigoberto Mina put in a rough tackle. After 16 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! When the match had been going on for 19 minutes, Ekipa Gabi's Zula Fetor 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 Jonathan Ferrant. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Antoni Bycofski got a free kick in the 27th minute. Alex Chicote hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Barnaba Lamczyk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Barnaba Lamczyk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 33rd minute, Patricio Costa 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 Ferrant was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Barnaba Lamczyk capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Barnaba Lamczyk really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. The supporters of Ekipa Gabi booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Chicote 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 Barnaba Lamczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Ekipa Gabi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zula Fetor in the 49th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bartosz Olejarz in the 57 minute of the game. 59 minutes into the match, Ekipa Gabi's Barnaba Lamczyk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Iwan Witwicki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Barnaba Lamczyk 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 Barnaba Lamczyk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barnaba Lamczyk in the 70th minute of play. Barnaba Lamczyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Ekipa Gabi made a substitution. Joel Marko replaced Bartosz Olejarz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Lamczyk in the 74th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Ekipa Gabi fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when Ekipa Gabi's Barnaba Lamczyk looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 84th minute of the game Zula Fetor made a throw-in which Iwan Witwicki played forward. Jose Correa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Francis Calmes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alex Chicote made in the 89th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Patricio Costa immediately put the ball in play. Barnaba Lamczyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ekipa Gabi had won after a very even match.