Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Absoliut's Naglis Guzas got a free kick in the 5th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cui Qing, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The throw-in from Naglis Guzas in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jose Correa. Cui Qing made in the 16th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu. Cui Qing'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 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Absoliut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 29 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Cui Qing came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa 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 Absoliut the free kick. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 30th minute. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu 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. Robertas Sabaitis made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 minutes of play, Absoliut's Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu made it 0-3 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! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 56 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. The audience thought a goal was coming when Algitas Dubauskas got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Agatas Didžiulis kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Robertas Sabaitis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 65 minute of play. In the 71st minute, Algitas Girkantas 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. Absoliut made a substitution. Henrikas Stulpinas replaced Jerzy Frankowski. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Algitas Dubauskas was slow to take the kick. During this time Absoliut's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Algitas Girkantas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Algitas Girkantas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Absoliut made a substitution. Virginijus Balčaitis replaced Algitas Girkantas. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 92 played minutes Absoliut got a freekick which was hit by Jotautas Bulzgis. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 97thth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant stood somewhat misplaced when Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu came free in front of goal and shot 0-7 to the left of him in the 97 minute. Absoliut's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.