Challenge

KS MIRA Łódz
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cezary Jajecznica in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Patricio Costa struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Mateo Phelipe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zbyszko Plech, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Cezary Jajecznica sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cezary Jajecznica went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 20th minute Zbyszko Plech 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zbyszko Plech in the 22nd 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. The audience was convinced that Cezary Jajecznica's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 37 minutes into the game, MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Zbyszko Plech nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 44th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. When Leonard Brack came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the MIRA -ŁÓDZ 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 Leonard Brack couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. After 52 played minutes, MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Julian Demario shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in MIRA -ŁÓDZ reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 53rd minute of play forced MIRA -ŁÓDZ's goalkeeper Mateo Phelipe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Zbyszko Plech came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the MIRA -ŁÓDZ 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 Zbyszko Plech couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Boleslaw Zawadzki. But to his dismay, Boleslaw Zawadzki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. After a rather tough play, MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Zbyszko Plech got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute, Tomas Illescas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Cezary Jajecznica in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. In the 84th minute of the match MIRA -ŁÓDZ got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Julian Demario ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on MIRA -ŁÓDZ's corner Julian Demario fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. In the 86th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mateo Phelipe was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Mateo Phelipe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 92nd minute of the match. Tomas Illescas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 96thth minute tested the skills of Mateo Phelipe when he managed to save the team from getting behind.