Challenge

El Cilindro
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The Racing Club Canillo fans' excitement grew in the 3rd match minute when Racing Club Canillo's Zenon Cisek looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Racing Club Canillo's Jonathan Edmonton managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Joshua Secada in the 6 minute of the game. In the 7th minute Ray Milburn 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 13th minute, Zenon Cisek made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Rigoberto Mina's late challenge caught a Racing Club Canillo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Mina helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute Zenon Cisek 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. Zak Foggarty 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 24th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Trev Holden sent off a good shot on target. Zenon Cisek had several of the Venezuela's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 33 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-0 score and a disappointed Jonathan Ferrant as he didn't even see the shot coming. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zak Foggarty read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after Racing Club Canillo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Camilo Gaos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zak Foggarty quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 42 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Zenon Cisek came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 47th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Keanu Guest sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Jonathan Ferrant threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Keanu Guest this time. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ray Milburn went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. When Racing Club Canillo's Zenon Cisek in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Camilo Gaos during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 54th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zak Foggarty made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 56th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Venezuela's Patricio Costa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zak Foggarty. That made the score 4-1 after 58 minutes of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zenon Cisek in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 71st minute of play forced Racing Club Canillo's goalkeeper Zak Foggarty to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zenon Cisek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Racing Club Canillo's Ray Milburn got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zak Foggarty breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Jonathan Edmonton in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tom Clemence in the 91st minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Racing Club Canillo walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.