Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Romelu Lukaku started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. When Romelu Lukaku came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Palloketut 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 Romelu Lukaku couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Romelu Lukaku stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Romelu Lukaku tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 8th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ali Ruohiainen who took care of the corner kick. 13 minutes into the game, Marcus Hjelm threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Venezuela's Alex Chicote managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ali Ruohiainen in the 17 minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 18th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romelu Lukaku in the 19th minute of the match. Romelu Lukaku took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcus Hjelm didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Palloketut's Romelu Lukaku got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Voitto Nyrhinen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palloketut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Tomas Illescas took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Yan Chong Sen to make any attempt to save it. 37 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Romelu Lukaku came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Voitto Nyrhinen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Romelu Lukaku cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romelu Lukaku went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. The Venezuela players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Palloketut were winning 1-5.

Romelu Lukaku could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Ali Ruohiainen made in the 54th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Marcus Hjelm however managed to control. In the 62nd 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. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 68th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yan Chong Sen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Romelu Lukaku got in the 77th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Jonathan Ferrant handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Palloketut's Yan Chong Sen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 86th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Palloketut:s goal. Alex Chicote's late challenge caught a Palloketut's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Chicote helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Alex Chicote got a free kick in the 95th minute. The Venezuela fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Palloketut were clearly better and deserved to take the win.