Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ľubomír Smatana started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Jose Correa 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. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Ladislav Lomnický, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jozef Hecl kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Pavol Rybnický struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UFC Pivnica. 14 minutes into the game, Pavol Rybnický cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ladislav Lomnický made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose Correa in the 17th minute of play. Ladislav Lomnický showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Correa in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ľubomír Smatana in the 18th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Ľubomír Smatana 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. When UFC Pivnica's Ľubomír Smatana in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. After 21 minutes of play, UFC Pivnica's Ľubomír Smatana 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! UFC Pivnica were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Viktor Kasarda took the corner. UFC Pivnica's Viktor Kasarda was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some careless play in the UFC Pivnica defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ladislav Lomnický. The UFC Pivnica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ladislav Lomnický should have stopped the shot. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Vičan in the 35th minute of play. Stanislav Záruba might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Stanislav Záruba ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ľubomír Smatana in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Ľubomír Smatana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. When UFC Pivnica's Ľubomír Smatana in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd 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 43rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute of the match Viktor Kasarda shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ľubomír Smatana, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

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. After 51st play minutes Pavol Rybnický shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. With an all-out effort, UFC Pivnica's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pavol Rybnický, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 59th minute of the match UFC Pivnica 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. Viktor Kasarda ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Viktor Kasarda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Ľubomír Smatana tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ladislav Lomnický showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 75 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Ladislav Lomnický 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavol Rybnický in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute of the match UFC Pivnica 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. Viktor Kasarda ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Pavol Rybnický kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-4 in the 88 minute of play.