Challenge

Maracana
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Patryk Witkowski kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Patryk Witkowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Patryk Witkowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bartlomiej Wolnik kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes 11ABRASIL got a freekick which was hit by Patryk Witkowski. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind 11ABRASIL's goalkeeper Dino Zoff, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 18th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Patryk Witkowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Patryk Witkowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venezuela's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Patryk Witkowski 21 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Szczepan Furgat's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Szczepan Furgat helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Venezuela booed when 11ABRASIL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Szczepan Furgat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 31st minute, when Patryk Witkowski scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 2-0. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antonio Swiderski in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szczepan Furgat in the 37th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patricio Costa took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dino Zoff. Dino Zoff dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Dino Zoff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

In the 53rd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dino Zoff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dino Zoff narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 57th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonio Swiderski went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 67 minutes, Patricio Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roberto-Carlos Brasil kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dino Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomas Illescas got in the 90th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Dino Zoff handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for 11ABRASIL.