Challenge

Druskininkai Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 蒋思弘 in the 4th minute of the match. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Erlandas Bačkys tried to sneak it across the goal line. Iigo Conchas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Erlandas Bačkys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11thth minute of the game 蒋思弘 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Jarūnas Sidabras came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the FC Druskininkai fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jarūnas Sidabras couldn't finish the play. 蒋思弘 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariel Lehen hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After 18 played minutes, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 梅超浩 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. In the 22nd minute, Ariel Lehen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 梅超浩 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute 蒋思弘 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. 蒋思弘 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when 蒋思弘 sent off a good shot on target. FC Druskininkai's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 蒋思弘 in the 33rd minute. A nice corner shot did that 蒋思弘 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 35 minutes into the game, FC Druskininkai's Beržas Dirmeikis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 38th 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 crowd rose to their feet as FC Druskininkai's 蒋思弘 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 after 44 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 蒋思弘 was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 蒋思弘 was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Druskininkai's players had a chance to rest. Jarūnas Sidabras sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 梅超浩. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 62nd minute, Ariel Lehen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 played minutes, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 梅超浩 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. Sigve Konradsen made in the 65th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Beržas Dirmeikis immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 蒋思弘 in the 67th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jarūnas Sidabras in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute of the match FC Druskininkai 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. 蒋思弘 ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on FC Druskininkai's corner 蒋思弘 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. In the 74th minute, Iigo Conchas 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. 蒋思弘 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute Beržas Dirmeikis 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. After 78 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 蒋思弘 who took care of the corner kick. Enol Macia made a great header on FC Druskininkai's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 90th minute of the match, Tomas Illescas got a very nice opportunity to score, but 梅超浩 was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 93 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 梅超浩 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 95 minutes, Beržas Dirmeikis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Druskininkai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Beržas Dirmeikis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee ended the match the FC Druskininkai players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.