Challenge

Estádio Parteiro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. Joel Vidal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Joel Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 5th minute of play. A throw-in in the 10th minute of the game was made by Guillermo Mariano with Tomas Illescas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Joel Vidal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. A throw-in in the 14th minute of the game was made by Guillermo Mariano with Tomas Illescas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 15th minute, Joshua Secada ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joel Vidal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Joel Vidal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 19th minute of the match. When Kiko Travassos fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Compugraf's protests and gave Kiko Travassos a yellow card for diving instead. Kiko Travassos hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the game, Jonathan Venegas threw the ball into play from the sideline. Compugraf's Kiko Travassos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 26th minute, Patricio Costa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joel Vidal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Compugraf were furious when Wilton Camargo was red carded, 29 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 30th minute, Wilton Camargo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Joel Vidal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Compugraf's Kiko Travassos managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Salvador Gisbert in the 39 minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Compugraf's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Vidal 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.

In the 53rd play minute Guillermo Mariano came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Joel Vidal. 0-5. Compugraf's attentive Kiko Travassos managed to snatch the ball when Salvador Gisbert made a throw-in in the 56th minute of the game. Compugraf's Kiko Travassos managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Salvador Gisbert in the 60 minute of the game. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joel Vidal having to interfere. Tomas Illescas succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 64th playminute. Compugraf's attentive Kiko Travassos managed to snatch the ball when Salvador Gisbert made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Compugraf's Joel Vidal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Compugraf from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Joel Vidal in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Compugraf's Joel Vidal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 79th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Compugraf's Kiko Travassos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 90 minutes into the match, Compugraf's goalkeeper Joel Vidal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Compugraf's Joel Vidal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 91st minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Compugraf's goalkeeper Joel Vidal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. In the 96th minute, Tomas Illescas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. The Venezuela supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Venezuela would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.