Challenge

Tajfun Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Mariusz Czeszejko kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Piotr Wyrzykowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. Witold Wnukowski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Witold Wnukowski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. A collision led to Tajfun getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Boruc Ryback hit a great ball. Tadeusz Skirzynski was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 14th minute. Tajfun's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arkadiusz Witkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Witold Wnukowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jacek Ziombkowski made in the 27th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Arkadiusz Witkowski. Camilo Gaos's late challenge caught a Tajfun's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Camilo Gaos helped the player get up and apologised. After 28 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! Jonathan Ferrant had in the 29thth minute some difficulties stopping Jacek Ziombkowski's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Witold Wnukowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Mariusz Czeszejko hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tajfun's goalkeeper Piotr Wyrzykowski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. During the 36th minute of the match Mariusz Czeszejko completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mariusz Czeszejko a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Piotr Wyrzykowski was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. 45 minutes into the game, Joshua Secada 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 Tajfun the free kick. The supporters of Tajfun booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Secada didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 46 minutes, Witold Wnukowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tajfun's supporters crossed their fingers, but Witold Wnukowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witold Wnukowski in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

53 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Piotr Wyrzykowski. Tomas Illescas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Piotr Wyrzykowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 66 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacek Ziombkowski who took care of the corner kick. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Wiktor Zaremba got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 3-1. 67 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Dresik in the 69th minute of the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. Wiktor Zaremba charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wiktor Zaremba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A throw-in in the 84th minute of the game was made by Boruc Ryback with Arkadiusz Witkowski as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tajfun's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.