Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. Josef Witlatschil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwo Sawicki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 11 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Folko Rebe came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Josef Witlatschil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 19th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaizka Mendieta, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Josef Witlatschil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 24th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pentti Ojala who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 30thth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pentti Ojala in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. Iwo Sawicki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Pentti Ojala scored 2-0 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute, Thilo Heß fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iwo Sawicki to make the kick off. Josef Witlatschil made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Iwo Sawicki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tiger's Pentti Ojala shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Tiger made a substitution. Ingo Ustorf replaced Rudolf Speed. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Iwo Sawicki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tiger's supporters rose to their feet, but Iwo Sawicki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Tiger's Josef Witlatschil got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Josef Witlatschil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 79th minute of play. The supporters of Tiger booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th match minute, Tiger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingo Ustorf to maneuver through the defense. Christo Bothenhain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Josef Witlatschil having to make a save. With a little luck, Tiger's Josef Witlatschil got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Tiger's Pentti Ojala in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marten Weise went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. There was no doubt that Tiger were the better team. Tiger's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.