Challenge

Bet365 Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luca Langoni got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luca Langoni in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. The Potters were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikolai Ellelund took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Nikolai Ellelund got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in The Potters's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wladimir Vinthen came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luca Langoni's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 15thth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Luca Langoni put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. A collision led to The Potters getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mehmet Bilge Bozoğlu hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Langoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The The Potters fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when The Potters's Luca Langoni 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 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bertel Methling could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Bertel Methling struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Potters. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when The Potters's Luca Langoni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. The supporters of The Potters booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luca Langoni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. 40 minutes into the match, Franck Parfelt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franck Parfelt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Rigoberto Mina lost his temper 43 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Venezuela fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Patricio Costa was the one to do the kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franck Parfelt in the 51st minute of play. Luca Langoni charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luca Langoni the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th minute Joshua Secada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wladimir Vinthen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when The Potters's Luca Langoni shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Langoni in the 67th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luca Langoni's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. After a rather tough play, The Potters's Paulo Piretti got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Langoni in the 79th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Luca Langoni came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the The Potters 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 Luca Langoni couldn't finish the play. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Wladimir Vinthen 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. The Potters fully deserved thier win.