Challenge

CLC Winter
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd 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. An unexpected shot in the 4th minute by Felice Lopez got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. CLC Winter's Ciro Zoff quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guillermo Mariano, made in the 7th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as CLC Winter's Alessandro Bertoni slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 1-0 after 12 minutes of play. 14 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felice Lopez. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 25th minute, Felice Lopez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CLC Winter fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. A collision led to CLC Winter getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ciro Zoff hit a great ball. Ciro Zoff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Franco Bosso saved CLC Winter from getting behind. Felice Lopezs short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felice Lopez, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Felice Lopez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in CLC Winter's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franco Bosso came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felice Lopez in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. CLC Winter's Ciro Zoff got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Guillermo Mariano made in the 60th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tomas Illescas immediately put the ball in play. In the 62nd minute, Alberto Castellini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alessandro Bertoni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CLC Winter's Ciro Scutti quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guillermo Mariano, made in the 66th minute of the game. In the 67th minute Felice Lopez 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. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Bertoni in the 69th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Bertoni in the 75th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Alessandro Bertoni put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The throw-in from Salvador Gisbert in the 78th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by CLC Winter's Anfilogino Flammini. 79 minutes into the game, Alessandro Bertoni cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 87th minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of CLC Winter:s goal. 93 minutes into the match, CLC Winter's goalkeeper Franco Bosso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Felice Lopez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. CLC Winter fully deserved thier win.