Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Fernandinho Rodrigues took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. When Juninho Mineiro came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the BlacK & BlueS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Juninho Mineiro couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in BlacK & BlueS's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matías Domingues came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. With a little luck, BlacK & BlueS's Matías Domingues got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 35 minutes BlacK & BlueS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Matías Domingues quite easily take care of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juninho Mineiro in the 37th minute of play. If Tostão Céleste had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in BlacK & BlueS's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matías Domingues 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. Matías Domingues made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 44th minute of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matías Domingues having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 48th 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 BlacK & BlueS:s goal. The referee gave BlacK & BlueS a penalty, 50 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Kléberson Paiva, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patricio Costa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. In the 61st minute Juninho Mineiro 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. Kléberson Paiva kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65thth minute of the game Fernandinho Rodrigues 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. The supporters of BlacK & BlueS booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Chicote didn't get a good kick on the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Fernandinho Rodrigues came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Juninho Mineiro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 0-3 in the 76 minute of play. Tomas Illescas charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Illescas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th minute, Tomas Illescas 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 Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 90th minute of the match. In the 96th minute Juninho Mineiro 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. BlacK & BlueS played a much better game than Venezuela and deserved their victory. The Venezuela players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.