Challenge

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Miguel Prosperi struck a weak shot in the 14th 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 ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA. In the 25th minute, Elpidio Francis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 28 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elpidio Francis went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Bonifacio Suarez got a free kick in the 36th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. When Jonathan Venegas was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 43 minutes had been played. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patricio Costa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Elpidio Francis 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. Salvador Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 68 minutes into the match, Miguel Prosperi notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 72 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 76 minutes, Miguel Prosperi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Prosperi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Timoteo Basualdo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rdth minute of the game Elpidio Francis 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Francis in the 83rd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elpidio Francis went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 90th minute Elpidio Francis 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. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Elpidio Francis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Elpidio Francis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. 95 minutes into the match, Elpidio Francis 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 Elpidio Francis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.