Challenge

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Doru Lițu got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute of the match, Doru Lițu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jonathan Ferrant saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doru Lițu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Beatles were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ulisses Gaspar took the corner. Arthur Simão kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Venezuela were awarded a corner. Tomas Illescas went to the cornerflag to take it. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zeca Brodel went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a The Beatles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 14th minute. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when The Beatles's Zeca Brodel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 18 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evert Österlund. Zeca Brodel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. After 22 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mina. When Doru Lițu came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the The Beatles 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 Doru Lițu couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doru Lițu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Doru Lițu sent off a good shot on target. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. When The Beatles's Doru Lițu in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. In the 34th minute of the match The Beatles got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ulisses Gaspar ran over to the corner to take the kick. A very nice done corner allowed Doru Lițu to score against Jonathan Ferrant in Venezuela's goal. 2-0 after 35 minutes. After 39 minutes of play, The Beatles's Zeca Brodel made it 3-0 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! Evert Österlund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 45th minute Doru Lițu 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zeca Brodel in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raio Piiroja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Evert Österlund went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeca Brodel in the 62nd minute of play. Doru Lițu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raio Piiroja in the 69th minute of the match. In the 69th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. The Beatles made a substitution. Marcos Barral replaced Doru Lițu. After 72 played minutes The Beatles got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Toscano. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Takis Koutsos was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hernani Medeiros in the 79th 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. After 83 minutes of play, The Beatles's Raio Piiroja made it 5-0 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! When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Beatles's goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernani Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The Beatles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Frederico Messias in the 93rd minute. The Beatles's Frederico Messias was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 96 minutes into the match, Hernani Medeiros 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 Hernani Medeiros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. There was no doubt that The Beatles were the better team. The Beatles's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.