Challenge

KS MIRA Łódz
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mateo Phelipe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Cezary Jajecznica reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 1-0. Aleksander Klewinski was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 14th minute. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Mateo Phelipe 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 18th minute. In the 18th minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of Mateo Phelipe. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbyszko Plech in the 24th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Boleslaw Zawadzki took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. After 30 played minutes MIRA -ŁÓDZ got a freekick which was hit by Zbyszko Plech. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Venezuela 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 Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Boleslaw Zawadzki went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cezary Jajecznica, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Cezary Jajecznica in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Mateo Phelipe was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 4-2. Guillermo Mariano's late challenge caught a MIRA -ŁÓDZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guillermo Mariano helped the player get up and apologised. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. 68 minutes into the match, Zbyszko Plech 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 Zbyszko Plech was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. In the 72nd minute, Patricio Costa 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: 5-3. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Jajecznica, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Zbyszko Plech came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Humberto Enmanuel in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Mateo Phelipe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's Mateo Phelipe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save MIRA -ŁÓDZ from getting a goal against them. Mateo Phelipe made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. 90 minutes into the match, Zbyszko Plech 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 Zbyszko Plech was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-3. In the 93rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zbyszko Plech in the 94th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MIRA -ŁÓDZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.