Grivata Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eero Grönholm started the match with the kick off. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eero Grönholm in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the game, Camilo Gaos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Grivata the free kick. Zahari Kiratzov was extremely unlucky when he, in the 13th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eero Grönholm in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 25th minute of play forced FC Grivata's goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Zahari Kiratzov took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Antonio Dino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. After 37 minutes, Zahari Kiratzov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Grivata and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zahari Kiratzov hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Grivata's goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eero Grönholm received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Eero Grönholm slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 41st minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Dino came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rigoberto Mina charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rigoberto Mina the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 57th minute. A collision led to FC Grivata getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Lyuben Dimiev hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slavey Kozovski in the 62nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Grivata's Thomas Sørensen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 64th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Zahari Kiratzov came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eero Grönholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Zahari Kiratzov came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Venegas kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. If Zahari Kiratzov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristian Brolin in the 78th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Zahari Kiratzov notched a goal, 5-0, 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. In the 88th minute, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jonathan Venegas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Venezuela protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jonathan Venegas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 88 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 90th minute there was a penalty for FC Grivata. Eero Grönholm stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. 6-0.
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