Challenge

Ampthill Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. A collision led to Ampthill FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Fitz Pickard hit a great ball. In the 11th minute of the match, Jack Potts got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Gez Little sent off a good shot on target. Gez Little could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 24th minute Zack Alderson 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. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when Ampthill FC's Gez Little fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 28th minute, Ampthill FC's Gez Little ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Ampthill FC's Arturo Normando got a free kick in the 33rd minute. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Gez Little sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Zack Alderson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Gez Little 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gez Little in the 53rd minute of the match. When Zack Alderson came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Ampthill FC 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 Zack Alderson couldn't finish the play. 57 minutes into the game, Jose Correa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ampthill FC the free kick. If Zack Alderson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 61st minute. Gez Little struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ampthill FC. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Bernardo Abeijon in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gez Little went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 78 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gez Little in the 80th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute of the match Arturo Normando sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Gez Little notched a goal, 4-0, 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. In the 97thth minute of the game Gez Little who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ampthill FC had played much better football throughout.