Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute Tihomir Veselinski 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. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genadi Kastrev in the 6th minute of play. The supporters of Temida Sf booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Varban Skarlatov hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Rosen Moshev made in the 24th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Hristo Kozovski however managed to control. After 25 minutes of play, Temida Sf's Tihomir Veselinski made it 0-1 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! Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hristo Kozovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela's Jose Correa managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Varban Skarlatov in the 31 minute of the game. Grigor Muchanov 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 32nd minute. The corner led Venezuela's Tomas Illescas to fire away a dangerous shot which Grigor Muchanov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Temida Sf was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Genadi Kastrev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 38 played minutes Temida Sf got a freekick which was hit by Varban Skarlatov. In the 40th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Mariano to maneuver through the defense. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 56th minute, Tihomir Veselinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Martin Komarov fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Temida Sf's protests and gave Martin Komarov a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 56th minute of the game. One of Temida Sf:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Venezuela:s goal. Temida Sf:s Grigor Muchanov showed great skill when he stopped Tomas Illescas:s penalty. Radostin Dundov charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Radostin Dundov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Radostin Dundov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tihomir Veselinski in the 70th minute of play. Grigor Muchanov came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Tomas Illescas. But to his dismay, Tomas Illescas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Tihomir Veselinski hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. After 85 played minutes Temida Sf got a freekick which was hit by Mito Alurkov. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigor Muchanov was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Grigor Muchanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Venezuela players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.