Challenge

Old Heaven
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Timur Chichko got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Rigoberto Mina mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Феникс Санкт-Петербург players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute of the match Aleksey Braga shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gennadiy Blatun got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 7 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Jie came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, Tudor Sălcudeanu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 13th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 赵珂冰 having to interfere. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gennadiy Nazarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. 赵珂冰 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Timur Chichko 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. 赵珂冰 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 36th minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. 赵珂冰 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 40th minute of the match. In the last second Jonathan Ferrant throw himself and got hold of the ball when Timur Chichko in the 42ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Феникс Санкт-Петербург booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg 赵珂冰 managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when Venezuela's Tomas Illescas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 59th minute, Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Tudor Sălcudeanu 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. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 赵珂冰 having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tudor Sălcudeanu in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. After having played for 70 minutes, Timur Chichko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timur Chichko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Afanasiy Mamichev replaced Ruslan Shagiakhmetov. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 赵珂冰 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper 赵珂冰, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Anatoliy Bogolyub was substituted for Tudor Sălcudeanu. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 赵珂冰. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gennadiy Blatun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gennadiy Nazarov kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Anatoliy Bogolyub left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Venezuela's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.