Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Constantin Bădila took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Constantin Bădila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Petruț Arapașu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Constantin Bădila's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Venezuela's goalie and right to Vlad Jugănaru. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Venezuela's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Salvador Gisbert hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Constantin Bădila 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigore Bădilescu in the 24th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Constantin Bădila in the 29th minute of play. Petruț Arapașu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 31st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Leontin Hârtopanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigore Bădilescu in the 36th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 38 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Constantin Bădila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Constantin Bădila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petruț Arapașu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Venezuela's Tomas Illescas in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 57th minute, Tomas Illescas 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. Patricio Costa scored 1-2 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Petruț Arapașu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Petruț Arapașu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Constantin Bădila'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. Petruț Arapașu 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 Constantin Bădila got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Petruț Arapașu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 81st minute of the match. With his leg Jonathan Ferrant managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Constantin Bădila fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s goalkeeper Petruț Arapașu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 89 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Alex Chicote. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ played a much better game than Venezuela and deserved their victory. The Venezuela players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.