Challenge

Deuteronomio 30 19
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Xzavier Espindola came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Tomas Illescas. But to his dismay, Tomas Illescas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Xulian Vivero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. Garrido Michelena kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Hernandez Callon's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernandez Callon helped the player get up and apologised. Hernandez Callon hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute of the match Tomas Illescas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xzavier Espindola skillfully saved the ball. In the game's 14th minute Venezuela's Tomas Illescas took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Xzavier Espindola and thus the score was 0-2. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Xzavier Espindola 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 Xzavier Espindola was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. In the 22nd minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. After 24 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gonzales Torrado in the 26 minute of the game. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great ball. Challestone S.C.'s Xulian Vivero got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Xzavier Espindola didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xzavier Espindola having to interfere. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xzavier Espindola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 41st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Erick Villaelrriego during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xesus Coello to make the kick off. Jonathan Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 52nd minute of the match Erick Villaelrriego sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. In the 56th minute of the match, Tomas Illescas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Xzavier Espindola was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Challestone S.C. getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Aquiles Pego hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas didn't quite understand what happened when in the 60 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. After 62 minutes, Tomas Illescas made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Challestone S.C.'s Xzavier Espindola tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 65 minutes into the game, Guillermo Mariano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Challestone S.C.'s Morales Carmeneses quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xulian Vivero in the 66th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Challestone S.C.'s goalkeeper Xzavier Espindola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xzavier Espindola having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Challestone S.C.'s zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xzavier Espindola 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. A collision led to Challestone S.C. getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Xesus Coello hit a great ball. After having played for 79 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. Venezuela's attentive Salvador Gisbert managed to snatch the ball when Hernandez Callon made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Xulian Vivero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Xulian Vivero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Xzavier Espindola made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Aquiles Pego's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aquiles Pego helped the player get up and apologised.