Challenge

Arborial Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 8 minutes into the match, Tracy Shah 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 Tracy Shah was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 15th minute, Lucas Navarro 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 2-0. Lucas Navarro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The corner ended in Luisito James almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Navarro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, Lucas Navarro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Lucas Navarro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. In the 38th minute, Tracy Shah 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. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaki Conn having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tracy Shah in the 53rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Shaki Conn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucas Navarro went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 62nd minute of the match, Tomas Illescas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Shaki Conn was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After having played for 67 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. 77 minutes into the match, Tracy Shah notched a goal, 7-0, 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lucas Navarro in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Lucas Navarro sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Shaki Conn made a huge save. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisito James in the 86th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucas Navarro went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Hoyt in the 96th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the ForestFire players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.