Challenge

Animal Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Andy Hendrickx stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Andy Hendrickx tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano got a free kick in the 5th minute. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Antonio Cempeners tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Antonio Cempeners sent off a good shot on target. In the 14th minute, Andy Hendrickx 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. In the 18th minute, Blue Beast's Antonio Cempeners 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. 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 23rd minute, which inside left pole to 3-0. In the 29th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Huijgens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andy Hendrickx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Antonio Cempeners recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Antonio Cempeners's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Andy Hendrickx let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 42nd minute shot 4-0 at rihgt post. The crowd rose to their feet as Blue Beast's Antonio Cempeners slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 5-0 after 46 minutes of 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.

If Antonio Cempeners had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 57th minute, Andy Hendrickx left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blue Beast fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonio Cempeners went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Blue Beast's Eddy Huijgens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andy Hendrickx 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 67th minute Antonio Cempeners 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. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andy Hendrickx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eddy Huijgens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Blue Beast's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute Tjorven Caspers 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. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Blue Beast's Antonio Cempeners. But to his dismay, Antonio Cempeners quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andy Hendrickx in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Antonio Cempeners received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Blue Beast fully deserved thier win.