Challenge

ADEM JASHARI
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Luciano Trigo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 7th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maximino Berto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. Erald Spahiu charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erald Spahiu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14thth minute of the game Barnaba Pietras who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 17th minute Luciano Trigo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Besart Pango in the 18th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Mariano. Maximino Berto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 27th minute of the match. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergio-Roberto Ramos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jose Correa during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Sergio-Roberto Ramos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maximino Berto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, A.K.Sh Albania's Erald Spahiu got a free kick in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nertil Ramos to make the kick off. The supporters of A.K.Sh Albania booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alesandro Nesta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The A.K.Sh Albania fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when A.K.Sh Albania's Nertil Ramos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mandi Oca kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the game, Luciano Trigo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Besart Pango in the 78th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nertil Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximino Berto having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nertil Ramos in the 88th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Trigo in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 98th minute, Patricio Costa 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.