Challenge

RUSLIN ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodion Orel got the match started through his kick off. Marius Niculae fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Yuriy Gandzyuk notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marius Niculae, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dmytro Novak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute, КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Marius Niculae ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 25th match minute, КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dmytro Butenin to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Rodion Orel sent off a good shot on target. In the 30th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After 34 minutes, Salvador Gisbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика players grew even worse after the yellow card. 38 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Dmytro Novak. Dmytro Novak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 41 minutes into the match, КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Dmytro Novak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yuriy Gandzyuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodion Orel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jonathan Ferrant firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Yuriy Gandzyuk hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Taras Vonsyk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's supporters crossed their fingers, but Taras Vonsyk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dmytro Novak having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Tovkatskiy in the 68th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Dmytro Novak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Marius Niculae's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.