Challenge

RUSLIN ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Oleg Ovsienko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yuriy Gandzyuk went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Patricio Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dmytro Novak having to make a save. Rodion Orel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Taras Vonsyk in the 16th minute. A nice corner shot did that Taras Vonsyk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Yuriy Gandzyuk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Yuriy Gandzyuk kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 in the 24 minute of play. After 28 minutes, Tomas Illescas made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Dmytro Novak tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuriy Gandzyuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taras Vonsyk in the 38th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dmytro Novak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Niculae in the 44th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Rodion Orel made the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Alex Chicote. In the 53rd minute of the match Özgür Üstüner shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 56th minute КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика were awarded a corner. Özgür Üstüner went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Oleg Ovsienko kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Stepan Tovkatskiy was substituted for Rodion Orel. Oleg Ovsienko hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. If Stepan Tovkatskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dmytro Novak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stepan Tovkatskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Stepan Tovkatskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stepan Tovkatskiy in the 89th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Stepan Tovkatskiy sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.