Challenge

Kochobetsu Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bram Boonen in the 4th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roy Engström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guillermo Mariano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 曲强洋. Esperance's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 曲强洋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 16th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Engström, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Arkadiy Barbarash might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arkadiy Barbarash ran back to his position shaking his head. Arkadiy Barbarash blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. 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. Jose Correa charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Correa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Esperance's goalkeeper 曲强洋, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 34th match minute, Esperance was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksimilian Stolyarov to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Roy Engström sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Roy Engström stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Gleb Elkibaev made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. If Bram Boonen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute Gleb Elkibaev 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. 58 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Gleb Elkibaev came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roy Engström in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. 曲强洋 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 65th minute. After 66 minutes Esperance's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina to fire away a dangerous shot which 曲强洋 despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Gleb Elkibaev 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. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Illescas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 曲强洋. That made the score 5-1 in the 74 minute of play. In the 76th minute Gleb Elkibaev 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 79th minute of the match Esperance got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Felix Kazachenok ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Esperance's Felix Kazachenok to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonathan Ferrant despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Esperance's Marat Markov was substituted for Arkadiy Barbarash. Esperance's Nikolay Adabir was substituted for Roy Engström. In the 82nd minute, Arkadiy Sitnik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 84 minutes into the game, Gavriil Dolgachev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 曲强洋 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 87th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolay Adabir in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Tomas Illescas struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. 曲强洋 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezuela. Gavriil Dolgachev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him 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 Nikolay Adabir in the 94th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Esperance players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.