Challenge

Lipochσrion Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lipochσrion FC's Fotis Melas 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. Theagenis Giannou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Theagenis Giannou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theagenis Giannou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mina. In the 11th minute, Emrah Alatay 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 1-0. 14 minutes into the game, Lipochσrion FC's Fotis Melas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 16 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksander Brzakala came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aleksander Brzakala went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 28 minutes, Fotis Melas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lipochσrion FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fotis Melas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 30thth minute of the game Fotis Melas 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Melas in the 31st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 36 minutes, Joshua Secada managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joshua Secada was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Theagenis Giannou 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 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Melas in the 41st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fotis Melas was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. Lipochσrion FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. When Aleksander Brzakala came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Lipochσrion FC 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 Aleksander Brzakala couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aleksander Brzakala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Theagenis Giannou 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 56th minute. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Lipochσrion FC's Aleksander Brzakala. But to his dismay, Aleksander Brzakala quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. In the 61st minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 64th minute. Fotis Melas hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Necat Baysal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Theagenis Giannou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 76th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fotis Melas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fotis Melas in the 83rd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Thanos Agapoulis in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Emrah Alatay kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Fotis Melas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lipochσrion FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.