Challenge

Tezcatlipoca Azul
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gogo Florinio got the match started through his kick off. Gogo Florinio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jess Johnson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 4th minute of play. Jess Johnson 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 9th minute. Dante Faron's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Ferrant read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Joshua Secada hit a great ball. Jess Johnson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 16th minute of the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dante Faron in the 17th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Colosos Afc's Ruperto Taurino. But to his dismay, Ruperto Taurino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Luis Gaufred stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Luis Gaufred tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32ndth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Colosos Afc's Jess Johnson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Gogo Florinio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Colosos Afc's Jess Johnson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 47th minute 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas managed to work through Colosos Afc's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Tomas Illescas dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. In the 56th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute, Patricio Costa fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jess Johnson, passed just outside the right post. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dante Faron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Faron 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 Dante Faron in the 73rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 74th minute. Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Mariano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 78 minutes into the match, Dante Faron notched a goal, 2-0, 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. 84 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Gogo Florinio came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Jess Johnson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 90 minutes, Ruperto Taurino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Colosos Afc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ruperto Taurino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Colosos Afc fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.