Challenge

Highbury
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Gunners Puszczykowo getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Julián Aude hit a great ball. In the 4thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gunners Puszczykowo's Maksymilian Korytkowski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Gunners Puszczykowo's Konrad Olender in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariusz Smolak was slow to take the kick. During this time Gunners Puszczykowo's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Antoni Sowa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaroslaw Barciniak went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwo Jankowski in the 17th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Gunners Puszczykowo's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maksymilian Korytkowski came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 21 minutes into the match, Konrad Olender notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alex Chicote hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 28th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mariusz Smolak. Maksymilian Korytkowski 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 29th minute. In the 30th match minute, Gunners Puszczykowo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julián Aude to maneuver through the defense. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 37th 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. Konrad Olender might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Konrad Olender ran back to his position shaking his head. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwo Jankowski in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Konrad Olender made a kick off. Maksymilian Korytkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 58th minute of play. Tomas Illescas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 61stth minute, Maksymilian Korytkowski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maksymilian Korytkowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. Jose Correa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksymilian Korytkowski having to interfere. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maksymilian Korytkowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. Joshua Secadas short, quick shot in the 70thth minute got Maksymilian Korytkowski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 72 minutes, Antoni Sowa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gunners Puszczykowo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antoni Sowa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Konrad Olender's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Jaroslaw Barciniak might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jaroslaw Barciniak ran back to his position shaking his head. 80 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Konrad Olender came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwo Jankowski in the 81st minute of play. There was no doubt that Gunners Puszczykowo were the better team. Gunners Puszczykowo's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.