Challenge

FriBeRtz Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. After 8 minutes, Guillermo Mariano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the FriBeRtz Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. After 19 played minutes FriBeRtz Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Feliks Rykaczewski. Gordon Moreland 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. FriBeRtz Football Club's Qiu Xing Zhen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Hassan Barrow notched a goal, 1-0, 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. Erlantz Astudillo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hassan Barrow to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Qiu Xing Zhen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Qiu Xing Zhen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 53rd minute of play. After 54 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Hassan Barrow scored 2-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in FriBeRtz Football Club's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Qiu Xing Zhen came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Feliks Rykaczewski kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Qiu Xing Zhen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 90 minutes of play, FriBeRtz Football Club's Hassan Barrow made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The FriBeRtz Football Club 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.