Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, 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. When Arsenal FC's Damaso Orlin in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Damaso Orlin in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. In the 9th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Songur Yoran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 16 minutes of play, Arsenal FC's Damaso Orlin made it 1-0 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! 19 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Songur Yoran narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Patrik Melberg made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Patrik Melberg. In the 24th minute of the match Patrik Melberg shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 26 played minutes Arsenal FC got a freekick which was hit by Patrik Melberg. Arsenal FC's Damaso Orlin got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Arsenal FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Edvard Pihl hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute, Arsenal FC's Damaso Orlin 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. 2-0. Songur Yoran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 45th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Damaso Orlin put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Damaso Orlin made a kick off. After having played for 52 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. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Songur Yoran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Songur Yoran having to interfere. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Arsenal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Melberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Songur Yoran having to interfere. In the 71st minute Matthias Löfgren 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. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Songur Yoran made a huge save. Songur Yoran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 83rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Songur Yoran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 90 minutes of play, Arsenal FC's Matthias Löfgren made it 4-0 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Songur Yoran in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.