Challenge

Estádio Cercadinho
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. A nice corner shot did that Walmir Pirani got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mugurel Zota having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Mugurel Zota reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mugurel Zota was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Cercadinho's Abdulkadir Turay. But to his dismay, Abdulkadir Turay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 25thth minute of the game Valiente Venezian 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. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mugurel Zota having to interfere. Enrique Gerber made in the 33rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Abdulkadir Turay however managed to control. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Cercadinho's Abdulkadir Turay fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valiente Venezian's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a Cercadinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cercadinho booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valiente Venezian to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valiente Venezian's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Cercadinho's Walmir Pirani got a free kick in the 64th minute. Walmir Pirani hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. When Cercadinho's Valiente Venezian in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. In the 73rdth minute of the game Valiente Venezian 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. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Valiente Venezian hit a great ball. Cercadinho's Edmundo Aparecido was substituted for Ulf Bergqvist. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Valiente Venezian hit a great ball. 82 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Valiente Venezian came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valiente Venezian in the 83rd minute of the match. He Fei Zhou charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed He Fei Zhou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th minute, He Fei Zhou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valiente Venezian in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valiente Venezian in the 91st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valiente Venezian, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdulkadir Turay in the 96th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Cercadinho 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.