Challenge

Thrasher Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Mieszko Duda hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 4th minute. Cai Inestrosa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Southern Thrashers's Cai Inestrosa. But to his dismay, Cai Inestrosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliot Pfingst having to interfere. Nurkan Salah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th minute, Pascal Peters hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliot Pfingst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Eliot Pfingst quite easily take care of the ball. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute Cai Inestrosa 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cai Inestrosa in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. After 31 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angelino Ospin in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 40th minute of play forced Southern Thrashers's goalkeeper Eliot Pfingst 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 41st minute. Jonathan Ferrant was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Angelino Ospin. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eliot Pfingst read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Cai Inestrosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Nurkan Salah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cai Inestrosa in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cai Inestrosa in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. The corner led to Southern Thrashers's Nurkan Salah getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Patricio Costa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eliot Pfingst came out and tried to block the shot, but Patricio Costa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 67th minute. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Nurkan Salah sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. After a rather tough play, Southern Thrashers's Bleyd Dorrell got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 80thth minute of the game Cai Inestrosa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Cai Inestrosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Cai Inestrosa notched a goal, 4-1, 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. There was no doubt that Southern Thrashers were the better team. Southern Thrashers's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.