Challenge

Fernando D. Rinaldi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Paolo Ubarna 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 7th minute. In the 9thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A Vientos Huracanados's Paolo Ubarna was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Severo Elazar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 15thth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Paolo Ubarna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute, one of Venezuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezuela. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Jose Asier:s penalty. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Higinio Cesaro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Higinio Cesaro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 33rd minute. In the 41st match minute, C.A Vientos Huracanados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aquilino Bembe to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Severo Elazar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Severo Elazar notched a goal, 2-0, 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. When C.A Vientos Huracanados's Severo Elazar in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. After 56 played minutes C.A Vientos Huracanados got a freekick which was hit by Aquilino Bembe. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. Higinio Cesaro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Higinio Cesaro fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A Vientos Huracanados's protests and gave Higinio Cesaro a yellow card for diving instead. In the 63rd minute, Higinio Cesaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severo Elazar in the 66th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paolo Ubarna made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 67th minute. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by C.A Vientos Huracanados's Severo Elazar. But to his dismay, Severo Elazar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Rigoberto Mina was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. In the 82nd match minute, C.A Vientos Huracanados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Asier to maneuver through the defense. When Leo Orlandus came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the C.A Vientos Huracanados 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 Leo Orlandus couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severo Elazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. C.A Vientos Huracanados were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.