Challenge

Fred Aubert
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Le Stade Briochin UC's Jaime Tabor started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jaime Tabor'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 7th minute of play. Pierre-Louis Eudeline made in the 9th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Clovis Janvier. In the 10th minute of the match, Nolan Roux tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonathan Ferrant saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 11th minute of the match Le Stade Briochin UC 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. Farid Verrecchia ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Pierre-Louis Eudeline at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Venezuela. 1-0. In the 16th match minute, Le Stade Briochin UC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pierre-Louis Eudeline to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Farid Verrecchia scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 2-0. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nolan Roux in the 24th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Jaime Tabor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Jaime Tabor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Jaime Tabor sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Le Stade Briochin UC's Nolan Roux slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 3-0 after 28 minutes of play. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Le Stade Briochin UC's Jaime Tabor fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After having played for 33 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 34 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Farid Verrecchia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jaime Tabor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Jaime Tabor received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Jaime Tabor slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 37th minute. The supporters of Le Stade Briochin UC booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Le Stade Briochin UC's Lev Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 42nd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaime Tabor went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lev Yashin having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farid Verrecchia in the 63rd 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 Jaime Tabor in the 64th minute of play. After 67 played minutes Le Stade Briochin UC got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Nedellec. After 69 played minutes Le Stade Briochin UC got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Nedellec. A throw-in in the 76th minute of the game was made by Ernest Sauze with Hugo Law as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The throw-in from Ernest Sauze in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farid Verrecchia in the 81st minute of the match. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Lev Yashin made a huge save. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after Le Stade Briochin UC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Le Stade Briochin UC's goalie and right to Salvador Gisbert. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Le Stade Briochin UC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With a little luck, Le Stade Briochin UC's Lev Yashin got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Farid Verrecchia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lev Yashin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 99th minute of the match.