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Match Report
UNITED
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Jan Oblak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. UNITED's Jan Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute of play. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Jan Oblak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Oblak was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Jan Oblak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 18th 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 Cresitobalo Cortes in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Cresitobalo Cortes 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 Cresitobalo Cortes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 27 minutes, Tomas Illescas made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. UNITED's Jan Oblak tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye UNITED's goalie prevented a goal. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute, Cresitobalo Cortes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UNITED fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. UNITED's Samuel Arraz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Salvador Gisbert, made in the 43rd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Cresitobalo Cortes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Cresitobalo Cortes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.
The wind increased when Cresitobalo Cortes made the kick off in the second half. Eder Saavedra charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eder Saavedra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 70 minutes, Salvador Gisbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the UNITED players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Cresitobalo Cortes 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. After having played for 76 minutes, Cresitobalo Cortes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UNITED's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cresitobalo Cortes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 80th minute, Tomas Illescas fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cresitobalo Cortes in the 82nd minute of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 86 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Cresitobalo Cortes came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Jan Oblak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Thomas Izaguirre hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match.
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