Challenge

Active Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aykut Balaman having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wieslaw Ratulowski. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Pietrowicz in the 22nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Edward Pietrowicz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 3-0 in the 24 minute of play. Aykut Balaman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Slawomir Petka sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Wieslaw Ratulowski came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Iwo Mleczewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Active ZDW's Slawomir Petka. But to his dismay, Slawomir Petka quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. 38 minutes into the match, Waclaw Lamczyk notched a goal, 5-0, 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. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aykut Balaman having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Edward Pietrowicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Edward Pietrowicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Waclaw Lamczyk scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 6-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wieslaw Ratulowski to make the kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waclaw Lamczyk in the 55th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wieslaw Ratulowski in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aykut Balaman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the game, Szymon Cipinski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Active ZDW's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After a rather tough play, Active ZDW's Szymon Cipinski got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 62 minutes into the match, Active ZDW's goalkeeper Aykut Balaman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 65th 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. In the 67th 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. Active ZDW made a substitution. Iphikles Pintzopoulos replaced Szymon Cipinski. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wieslaw Ratulowski went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. If Slawomir Petka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute, Iphikles Pintzopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Aykut Balaman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 93rd 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. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 94th 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. In the 96th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. Active ZDW's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.