Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 周文轩 started the match with the kick off. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. 谢铮桦 hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After having played for 13 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. In the 15th minute, 何广青 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. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 袁奕坤 having to interfere. 中职联-广州恒大's 袁奕坤 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Costa in the 22nd minute of play. 袁奕坤 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 冯沙升 hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 袁奕坤 having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by 周文轩 in the 29th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute, Tomas Illescas made a precise shot to the right of 袁奕坤. 中职联-广州恒大's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 37 minutes into the game, 周文轩 lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Jonathan Ferrant. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. When 谢铮桦 came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the 中职联-广州恒大 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 谢铮桦 couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 47th minute of play forced 中职联-广州恒大's goalkeeper 袁奕坤 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that 周文轩's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When 中职联-广州恒大's 周文轩 in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 61 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when 周文轩 came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 played minutes 中职联-广州恒大 got a freekick which was hit by 谢铮桦. 65 minutes in the game 冯沙升 did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to 于天皓. 袁奕坤 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that 周文轩's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that 周文轩's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 何广青 in the 76th minute of play. 80 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of 袁奕坤. Tomas Illescas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Tomas Illescas sped through 中职联-广州恒大's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 袁奕坤. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, 周文轩 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Venezuela booed when 中职联-广州恒大 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. 史鹏光 didn't get a good kick on the ball.