Challenge

COMANCHE CEC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 6th minute. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when García Cuervas tried to sneak it across the goal line. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dieguinho Aguiar was slow to take the kick. During this time Comanche EC's players had a chance to rest. In the 13th minute, Amílton da Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. García Cuervas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After 19 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janek Tomek was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 22nd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. García Cuervas scored 1-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when García Cuervas sent off a good shot on target. Witold Blochowiak recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Janek Tomek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when García Cuervas got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Witold Blochowiak in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Witold Blochowiak hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell García Cuervas to make the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witold Blochowiak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Comanche EC:s goal. In the 64th minute there was a penalty for Comanche EC. Dieguinho Aguiar stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. 2-1. 67 minutes into the game, Amílton da Rocha threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 69th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. After 73 played minutes Comanche EC got a freekick which was hit by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Tomas Illescas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Janek Tomek when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Amílton da Rocha hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Janek Tomek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 85th minute. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. 90 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Blochowiak came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Comanche EC'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.