Challenge

Musabeyli Stadium
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. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. Patricio Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ad Astra Per Aspera's Maximo Lehen got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Lehen in the 14th minute of the match. In the 17th match minute, Ad Astra Per Aspera was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ecevit Sani to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Ad Astra Per Aspera's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dionisio Etxepare came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sixten Blanck in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dionisio Etxepare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute Sixten Blanck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Davut Haktanır came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Davut Haktanır shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 44th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sixten Blanck stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Tarkan Güzir in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. 60 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Oxarra came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Sixten Blanck left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ad Astra Per Aspera fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Lehen in the 69th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Illescas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dionisio Etxepare. That made the score 3-1 in the 72 minute of play. In the 75th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the game, Alex Chicote was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ad Astra Per Aspera the free kick. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Alex Chicote hit a great ball. Dionisio Etxepare took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 87 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dionisio Etxepare was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. Ad Astra Per Aspera's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.