Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Iwo Sawicki made the kick off and thus started the match. Gaizka Mendieta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 7 minutes, Jose Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the Tiger players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Tiger's Rudolf Speed got a free kick in the 10th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pentti Ojala in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gaizka Mendieta got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christo Bothenhain was slow to take the kick. During this time Tiger's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Tiger's Iwo Sawicki to a score. 1-0 in the 16th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Pentti Ojala notched a goal, 2-0, 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 25thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tiger's Josef Witlatschil was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Josef Witlatschil stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pentti Ojala. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iwo Sawicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was a well-played corner which Thilo Heß managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Pentti Ojala took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 36th minute, Gaizka Mendieta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Gaizka Mendieta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Josef Witlatschil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 45 minutes, Pentti Ojala made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaizka Mendieta in the 52nd minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Iwo Sawicki 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 Iwo Sawicki was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. When Tiger's Pentti Ojala in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 65 minutes into the match, Tiger's goalkeeper Josef Witlatschil had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Sawicki in the 68th minute of the match. If Iwo Sawicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thilo Heß, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pentti Ojala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Thilo Heß stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Thilo Heß tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Christo Bothenhain hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 89 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marten Weise came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marten Weise, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pentti Ojala in the 93rd minute of the match. Tiger's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.