Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
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. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iwo Sawicki went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Venezuela's attentive Jonathan Venegas managed to snatch the ball when Louis Leißner made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. 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. In the 16th minute Iwo Sawicki 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. Gaizka Mendieta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 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. Tiger's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christo Bothenhain in the 23rd minute. In the 26th minute, Iwo Sawicki 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. In the 31st minute, Iwo Sawicki 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: 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pentti Ojala in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Pentti Ojala put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwo Sawicki in the 46th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iwo Sawicki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Iwo Sawicki struck a weak shot in the 52nd 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 Tiger. In the 55th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 56 minutes, Iwo Sawicki managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tiger's supporters crossed their fingers, but Iwo Sawicki was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pentti Ojala in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Louis Leißner got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Christo Bothenhain. 68 minutes into the match, Tiger's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Josef Witlatschil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iwo Sawicki took the ball and in the 73 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 4-0. In the 81st minute Pentti Ojala 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. A collision led to Tiger getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Folko Rebe hit a great ball. In the 90th minute of the match Louis Leißner sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Josef Witlatschil didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There was no doubt that Tiger were the better team. Tiger's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.