Challenge

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a free kick in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Jorge Figueiredo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Jorge Figueiredo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Illescas scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Soner Savgat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 13th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dündar Ülkenur's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dündar Ülkenur got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Los Tatangelos's Göktürk Bozlak was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A hard shot 21 in the game by Dündar Ülkenur from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. The audience was convinced that Jorge Figueiredo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Dündar Ülkenur came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Los Tatangelos's Dündar Ülkenur shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 43rd minute Dündar Ülkenur 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 44th minute, Dündar Ülkenur reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. The goal made the score 2-1. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dündar Ülkenur's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Dündar Ülkenur made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th 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. Soner Savgat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Münir Akyazıcı's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Münir Akyazıcı helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Los Tatangelos getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Münir Akyazıcı hit a great ball. 58 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Los Tatangelos's Soner Savgat. Soner Savgat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dündar Ülkenur's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dündar Ülkenur in the 67th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dündar Ülkenur in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Los Tatangelos fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Los Tatangelos's Dündar Ülkenur 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 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a rather tough play, Los Tatangelos's Paulo Flores got a free kick in the 78th minute. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Dündar Ülkenur sped through Venezuela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Tomas Illescas placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 94th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. 96 minutes into the game, Dündar Ülkenur cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-2. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Los Tatangelos had played much better football throughout.