Challenge

Ramón Aguilera
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zsolt Molnár got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Jos Musseeuw came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 5th play minutes Jos Musseeuw shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Ferrant and just under the crossbar into goal. If Algimantas Tarasevičius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augusto Vergílio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Augusto Vergílio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the game, Lamento Boliviano's Jos Musseeuw nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. 21 minutes into the game, Lamento Boliviano's Zsolt Molnár nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Zsolt Molnár kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-1 in the 25 minute of play. Augusto Vergílio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Zsolt Molnár sent off a good shot on target. Timoteo Abadie kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, Zsolt Molnár ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Lamento Boliviano made a substitution. Manu Abajas replaced Timoteo Abadie. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Zsolt Molnár managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lamento Boliviano's supporters rose to their feet, but Zsolt Molnár was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zsolt Molnár fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. In the 66th minute of the match Lamento Boliviano 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. Ingvar Vollander ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Lamento Boliviano's corner Ingvar Vollander fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. In the 70th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ingvar Vollander recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Lamento Boliviano booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gaos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 77 minutes of play, Lamento Boliviano's Jos Musseeuw made it 6-1 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! After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Jos Musseeuw managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lamento Boliviano's supporters rose to their feet, but Jos Musseeuw was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 87 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jos Musseeuw in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Jos Musseeuw came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th minute Jos Musseeuw 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. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Lamento Boliviano had played much better football throughout.