Challenge

King Artur Stadion
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. Radomiak Radom's Andrea Pirlo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 3rd minute of play. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Radomiak Radom's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. Andrea Pirlo came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Patricio Costa. But to his dismay, Patricio Costa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Andrea Pirlo came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Tomas Illescas. But to his dismay, Tomas Illescas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 16th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andrea Pirlo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 19th minute Emil Rzeszutek 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. 22 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Andrea Pirlo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 27th minute of play forced Radomiak Radom's goalkeeper Andrea Pirlo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrea Pirlo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 29th minute of the match. Andrea Pirlo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 35th minute of play. Patricio Costa took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Andrea Pirlo. Andrea Pirlo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Radomiak Radom's Patryk Turacki got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Venezuela were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emil Rzeszutek to strike the kick off in the second half. Damazy Sroka hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Patricio Costa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Andrea Pirlo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. A collision led to Radomiak Radom getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Patryk Turacki hit a great ball. In the 59th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Radomiak Radom's Andrea Pirlo got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 80th 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: 0-6. 87 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Andrea Pirlo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Radomiak Radom getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Artur Binau hit a great ball. Radomiak Radom's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Patricio Costa scored to the left of an out of position Andrea Pirlo, making the score, 0-7. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Venezuela walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.