Challenge

Alvin Laliberté
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 魏竞博s short, quick shot in the 2ndth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 4th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Dime La Rocca. Real Marabino's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when 魏竞博 scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 1-1. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucio Oquendo in the 10th minute. Lucio Oquendos short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Dime La Rocca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Amilcar Gomez showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 19 minute of play. A throw-in in the 23rd minute of the game was made by Spike Broich with Luis-Carlos Gay as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 24th minute. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Amilcar Gomez in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Real Marabino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Araujo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 30 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 32 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 魏竞博. In the 33rd minute, Real Marabino's Amilcar Gomez ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. In the 36th minute of the match, Lucio Oquendo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonathan Ferrant saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Lucio Oquendo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 4-1. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 魏竞博, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucio Oquendo got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Real Marabino getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Spike Broich hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Lucio Oquendo sent off a good shot on target.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucio Oquendo to make the kick off. The Real Marabino fans' excitement grew in the 53rd match minute when Real Marabino's Lucio Oquendo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amilcar Gomez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 魏竞博 in the 59th minute of play. Amilcar Gomez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Lucio Oquendo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Real Marabino made a substitution. Louis Pasteur replaced Lucio Oquendo. In the 69th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amilcar Gomez, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 74th minute, Amilcar Gomez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. A collision led to Real Marabino getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Timeteo Aguirol hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the game, Louis Pasteur cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 81st minute Louis Pasteur 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 85th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see Real Marabino's Fortunato Leciana in action when he in the 86th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! The audience was convinced that Louis Pasteur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. The supporters of Real Marabino booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Amilcar Gomez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Amilcar Gomez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-1. Real Marabino'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.