Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. Simon Bergsten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Termander came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerzy Piechna in the 9th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerzy Piechna in the 13th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Project X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ingmar Törnblom didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikki Elin in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Bergsten saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 42 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Project X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tim Holmgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpected shot in the 47th minute by Patricio Costa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jerzy Piechna to strike the kick off in the second half. Jerzy Piechna in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a defensive mix-up in Project X's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Simon Bergsten 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. Simon Bergsten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 63rd minute of the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jerzy Piechna. In the 70th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Simon Bergsten was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. In the 77th minute, John Gallagher 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 0-1. Jerzy Piechna received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Jerzy Piechna slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 80th minute. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 88th minute of play forced Project X's goalkeeper Simon Bergsten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. 96 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Jerzy Piechna came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.