Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ľubomír Smatana in the 3rd minute of play. 3 minutes into the match, Ľubomír Smatana notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 6 minutes, Joshua Secada mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the UFC Pivnica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, UFC Pivnica's Jozef Cifra got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 9 played minutes, Venezuela's Jose Correa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ladislav Lomnický 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 Venezuela reached it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ladislav Lomnický prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ladislav Lomnický having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ľubomír Smatana in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. 17 minutes into the match, UFC Pivnica's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Ladislav Lomnický reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ľubomír Smatana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 20th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislav Lomnický saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. After 23 minutes of play, UFC Pivnica's Pavol Rybnický made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 25th minute, Pavol Rybnický left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Pivnica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by UFC Pivnica's Ľubomír Smatana. But to his dismay, Ľubomír Smatana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ľubomír Smatana in the 39th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ľubomír Smatana took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

53 minutes into the game, Pavol Rybnický lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated Jonathan Ferrant. UFC Pivnica's Ladislav Lomnický played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 56th minute of play. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 57th minute. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ladislav Lomnický quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 59th minute of play forced UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Ladislav Lomnický to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 61st 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ladislav Lomnický was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. A collision led to UFC Pivnica getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Maroš Baránek hit a great ball. Patricio Costa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ladislav Lomnický read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute UFC Pivnica were awarded a corner. Viktor Kasarda went to the cornerflag to take it. 74 minutes into the match, Pavol Rybnický had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pavol Rybnický was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavol Rybnický in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Ľubomír Smatana in the 82ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ladislav Lomnický made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 85th minute of play. Stanislav Záruba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 90 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ľubomír Smatana. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Ľubomír Smatana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Pivnica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. When the final whistle sounded UFC Pivnica left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Venezuela.