Challenge

Stadio Delle Alpi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 陶升振 took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, 一⑤一⑩&九⑨归①.Nanjing.FC's 陶升振 got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 8th minute, Patricio Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Venezuela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If 林庭烨 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venezuela's Patricio Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 彭谦昆 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 19th minute. If 林庭烨 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 林庭烨s short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 林庭烨 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. A hard shot 40 in the game by 林庭烨 from a close distance when the talented Jonathan Ferrant managed to make a qualified save. Venezuela's players were relieved. In the 44th minute, 林庭烨 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 50th minute of the match, but 彭谦昆 made a huge save. 李寒晨 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. In the 55thth minute of the game 陶升振 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when 陶升振 came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 64 minutes into the game, when Jonathan Venegas put in a rough tackle. In the 63rd 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 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 林庭烨 in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute, 夏天 张云云 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 71 minutes into the match, 陶升振 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 陶升振 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 一⑤一⑩&九⑨归①.Nanjing.FC's attentive 陶升振 managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Mariano made a throw-in in the 75th minute of the game. 杜寒镇 kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 彭谦昆 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 83rd minute of play. 彭谦昆 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 陶升振 might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 陶升振 ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The 一⑤一⑩&九⑨归①.Nanjing.FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.