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Match Report
John Deere Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anton Grep during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 8th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leo Björling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10thth minute of the game Alfons Stål 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. If Sven-Erik Mattsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leo Björling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 18th minute of the match. After 21 minutes of play, Bondeträsk FC's Rikard Nyqvist made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Leo Björling stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leo Björling. Bondeträsk FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 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 wind increased when Alfons Stål made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Alfons Stål's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute of the match Oscar Haraldsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant skillfully saved the ball. After 58 minutes of play, Bondeträsk FC's Knut Collin made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anton Grep made in the 62nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rikard Nyqvist. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfons Stål in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th 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. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Leo Björling didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. In the 69th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leo Björling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Bondeträsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anton Grep didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Leo Björling in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Leo Björling had in the 80thth minute some difficulties stopping Tomas Illescas's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 80th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leo Björling was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Bondeträsk FC's Anton Grep got his second yellow card of the match in the 83rd minute. The referee ordered Anton Grep off the ground. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 84th minute of play forced Bondeträsk FC's goalkeeper Leo Björling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfons Stål in the 86th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jose Correa. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alfons Stål's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Leo Björling was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 2-3. Alfons Stål recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rigoberto Mina kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. The Bondeträsk FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Venezuela's performance. The match ended with a win for Venezuela.
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