Challenge

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Red Bull Magnus's Bass Dost 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. Bass Dost sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 10 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cláudio Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bass Dost, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Bass Dost came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Red Bull Magnus 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 Bass Dost couldn't finish the play. In the 18th minute, Patricio Costa 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. Bass Dost fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Alex Chicote in the 24th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Red Bull Magnus's Kjell Hök. In the 26th minute, Bass Dost 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 30th minute, Red Bull Magnus's Bass Dost 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. 1-1. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Bass Dost tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th minute of the match, Bass Dost got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 43 minutes into the match, Bass Dost dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute of the match Red Bull Magnus got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Bäck ran over to the corner to take the kick. A throw-in in the 59th minute of the game was made by Leo de Carvalho with Richard Hefter as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from You Wei Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by You Wei Xing in the 64th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute of the game Leo de Carvalho made a throw-in which Richard Hefter played forward. A sloppy throw-in by Leo de Carvalho in the 68th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jose Correa. A collision led to Red Bull Magnus getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Zhao Lin Zhi hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, You Wei Xing 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. In the 73rd minute, You Wei Xing 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. Leo de Carvalho kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Joshua Secada got a free kick in the 80th minute. The Red Bull Magnus fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when Red Bull Magnus's Richard Hefter 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. In the 83rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Richard Hefter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Hefter in the 88th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 95 minutes, You Wei Xing made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the Red Bull Magnus players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.