Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joshua Secada struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. João Massa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. João Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. UFC STEAUA's Kong Xiang Hao shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 14th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jonathan Ferrant but with some difficulty. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson Mendoza in the 15th minute of play. Xu Yue Yuan kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Nelson Mendoza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 20th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Gigel Seremet lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Jonathan Ferrant. João Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 27th minute of play. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when UFC STEAUA's Nelson Mendoza fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. João Massa 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 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Mendoza in the 37th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Salvador Gisbert hit a great ball. Nelson Mendoza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. After 50 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rafet Faydalı who took care of the corner kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Mendoza in the 54th minute of the match. In the 55th minute Rafet Faydalı shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th 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 the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Nelson Mendoza put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. In the 63rd minute Therkild Prendorf shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelson Mendoza in the 70th minute of play. Nelson Mendoza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Gigel Seremet managed to get in a good position for a shot. UFC STEAUA's supporters rose to their feet, but Gigel Seremet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute Nelson Mendoza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gigel Seremet in the 82nd minute of play. After 83 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the UFC STEAUA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Mendoza in the 84th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 88th minute. 90 minutes into the game, Nelson Mendoza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 96th minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of João Massa. The goal made the score 3-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. UFC STEAUA fully deserved thier win.