Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lizer Cordal started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Lizer Cordal came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, Penuel Football Club's goalkeeper Epifanio Gabrio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. A collision led to Penuel Football Club getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Victor Amato hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lizer Cordal in the 14th minute of play. Penuel Football Club were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Victor Amato took the corner. The corner ended in Cordara Creus almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. 21 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Lizer Cordal came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Penuel Football Club's Lizer Cordal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lizer Cordal went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Lizer Cordal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Epifanio Gabrio made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Mariano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Guillermo Mariano hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Penuel Football Club's Corderall Nieves managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guillermo Mariano in the 55 minute of the game. 60 minutes in the game, Lizer Cordal fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. With 62 minutes on the clock, Alex Chicote commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Venezuela fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 62nd minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 65 minutes, Penuel Football Club's Ludwig Bergqvist got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. When Lizer Cordal came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Penuel Football Club 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 Lizer Cordal couldn't finish the play. Penuel Football Club's Mitxaut Resco was substituted for Ludwig Bergqvist. Penuel Football Club made a substitution. Chen Shi Ran replaced Lizer Cordal. An unexpected shot in the 75th minute by Cecilio Hunfredo got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 78th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Hunfredo in the 83rd minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cecilio Hunfredo went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 89th minute, Chen Shi Ran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. After 93 played minutes Penuel Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Hartz Orosco. Chen Shi Ran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Penuel Football Club played a much better game than Venezuela and deserved their victory. The Venezuela players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.