Challenge

Midgård
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Through an outstanding action, after 2 minutes, Jonathan Ferrant successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Camilo Gaos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a rather tough play, The Northmen Army's Walery Ludzia got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute, Walery Ludzia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. If Christian Olofsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Olofsson. Stig Bengtsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. With an all-out effort, The Northmen Army's Jonathan Ferrant threw himself towards the right post 20 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marc Lagerberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Marc Lagerberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Alex Chicote hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hershel Guertin was slow to take the kick. During this time The Northmen Army's players had a chance to rest. 41 minutes into the game, Walery Ludzia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. The Northmen Army's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After 41 played minutes The Northmen Army got a freekick which was hit by Walery Ludzia. Stig Bengtsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 43rd minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. The Northmen Army's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Salvador Gisbert hit a great 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 Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. Marc Lagerberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Northmen Army made a substitution. Teobald Polakowski replaced Christian Olofsson. When The Northmen Army's Hershel Guertin in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th 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 61st match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Illescas to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Lagerberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Hershel Guertin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 69 minutes in the game Walery Ludzia did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Fortunato Stefano. The Northmen Army's Stig Bengtsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 73rd minute of play. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Venezuela booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fortunato Stefano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute Hershel Guertin 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. Stig Bengtsson was a little too slow when Tomas Illescas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 1-1. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of Venezuela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of The Northmen Army:s goal. After 95 minutes of play, The Northmen Army's Hershel Guertin 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! The Northmen Army's Marc Lagerberg got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.