Challenge

Ciruelandia
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Kerim Altunbaş made the kick off and thus started the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Ciruel Academy's Kerim Altunbaş slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. If Kerim Altunbaş had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 9 minutes into the game, Isi Rider threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Alex Chicote quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Ciruel Academy's Kerim Altunbaş. But to his dismay, Kerim Altunbaş quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerim Altunbaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Kerim Altunbaş recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Kerim Altunbaş showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. In the 19th minute, Kerim Altunbaş left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ciruel Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Kerim Altunbaş did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 22 minutes into the match. A sloppy throw-in by Zuberbuhler Gordo in the 25th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert. Jacob Alavedra 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 28th minute. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kerim Altunbaş sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kerim Altunbaş in the 34th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Kerim Altunbaş's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kerim Altunbaş in the 42nd minute of the match. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kerim Altunbaş's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Ciruel Academy's Kerim Altunbaş got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jacob Alavedra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute Ciruel Academy were awarded a corner. Julio Roca went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Julio Roca almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kerim Altunbaş in the 67th minute of play. Teobaldo Gabon lost his temper 68 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 68th minute, one of Ciruel Academy: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 Ciruel Academy. The supporters of Ciruel Academy booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute of the match Julio Roca sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kerim Altunbaş in the 79th minute of play. Zuberbuhler Gordo hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Ciruel Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zuberbuhler Gordo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Benicio Mimica 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. In the 90th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Roca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolás Elenes's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Nicolás Elenes put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.