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Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 安徽池州神奇鸭俱乐部队's Evert Van Bever proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save 安徽池州神奇鸭俱乐部队 from getting a goal against them. In the 6th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Tomas Illescas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Evert Van Bever quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Evert Van Bever made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 7th minute. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by 安徽池州神奇鸭俱乐部队's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Evert Van Bever in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 庄昂洋 in the 15th minute of play. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 18th minute of the game 康昂斐 made a throw-in which 赵骋光 played forward. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 郝飞晨 in the 29th minute of the match. Patricio Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evert Van Bever. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patricio Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 31st minute, Tomas Illescas fired away a shot that was totally unreachable for Evert Van Bever. The ball ended up just outside the left post, and Venezuela's manager could be seen angrily pacing the sidelines. 36 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evert Van Bever. 安徽池州神奇鸭俱乐部队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 郝飞晨 in the 40th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After having played for 60 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 68th 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when 陶志常 got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Evert Van Bever showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 81st minute of the match. Evert Van Bever showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 83rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 庄昂洋 in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 93rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. For all the effort they put into the match, the 安徽池州神奇鸭俱乐部队 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Venezuela.