Challenge

GDYNIA ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Guillermo Mariano in the 7th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SMOKI's Tymoteusz Marut. The supporters of SMOKI booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Chicote didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patryk Glozor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 10th minute of the match. Emil Kapinos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patryk Glozor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patricio Costa went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Emil Kapinos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. 27 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Kapinos came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over 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 Emil Kapinos in the 31st minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Emil Kapinos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Emil Kapinos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 38 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Kapinos came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvador Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Kapinos in the 41st minute of play. After 42 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz who took care of the corner kick. In the 43rd match minute, SMOKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tymoteusz Marut to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the match, Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz managed to get in a good position for a shot. SMOKI's supporters rose to their feet, but Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 60th minute, Emil Kapinos 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 3-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emil Kapinos in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Patryk Glozor saved SMOKI from getting behind. Janusz Niziolek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz was slow to take the kick. During this time SMOKI's players had a chance to rest. Janusz Niziolek scored 4-1 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 75 minutes, Emil Kapinos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SMOKI's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emil Kapinos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 79 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. After 84 played minutes SMOKI got a freekick which was hit by Janusz Niziolek. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patryk Glozor was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janusz Niziolek, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. SMOKI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zdzislaw Smuskiewicz in the 94th minute. The corner led SMOKI's Janusz Niziolek to a score. 5-1 in the 95th minute.