Challenge

Coloso de Avellaneda
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Leonid Polovkov made the kick off and thus started the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Joost Kindermans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 5 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonid Polovkov. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by La gloriosa Acade's Leonid Polovkov. But to his dismay, Leonid Polovkov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 20th minute, Guillermo Mariano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 22 minutes into the game, Patricio Seme 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. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonid Polovkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31st play minutes Leonid Polovkov shot 5-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Joost Kindermans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonid Polovkov in the 39th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when La gloriosa Acade's Leonid Polovkov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tiburcio Dimo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Vicente Bertran came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the La gloriosa Acade 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 Vicente Bertran couldn't finish the play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. La gloriosa Acade's Eleuterio Bela got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 53 minutes into the game, Rigoberto Mina was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La gloriosa Acade the free kick. In the 53rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Patricio Seme 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. After 64 minutes of play, La gloriosa Acade's Leonid Polovkov made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! 68 minutes into the match, Vicente Bertran 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 Vicente Bertran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Leonid Polovkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Seme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute La gloriosa Acade were awarded a corner. Fernan Fanuco went to the cornerflag to take it. La gloriosa Acade's Fernan Fanuco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonid Polovkov in the 95th minute of play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. There was no doubt that La gloriosa Acade were the better team. La gloriosa Acade's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.