Challenge

Celeiro dos Pintos
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Allan Marinho kicked off to start the match. In the 4th 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: 0-1. In the 7th minute of the game Kléber Arce made a throw-in which Valdo Paraense played forward. Allan Marinho came free with the goalkeeper in the 12th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jonathan Ferrant could save by the left post. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Deivid Lira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 20 played minutes Red Chicken Football got a freekick which was hit by Maurício Tavares. After 21 minutes of play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Deivid Lira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tomas Illescas scored 0-4 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Deivid Lira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Deivid Lira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the game, Maurício Tavares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Red Chicken Football's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. Maurício Tavares hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Deivid Lira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 36th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Red Chicken Football's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Deivid Lira came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Deivid Lira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 40th minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joshua Secada hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After the first half Venezuela were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Deivid Lira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Patricio Costa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Deivid Lira was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 63 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Allan Marinho came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deivid Lira having to interfere. Guillermo Mariano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deivid Lira having to interfere. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Deivid Lira having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Deivid Lira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Tomas Illescas got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 83rdth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Red Chicken Football's Deivid Lira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Red Chicken Football's Deivid Lira got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Illescas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Deivid Lira. That made the score 0-6 in the 86 minute of play. Patricio Costa was extremely unlucky when he, in the 89th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Venezuela played a much better game than Red Chicken Football and deserved their victory. The Red Chicken Football players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.