Challenge

Estadio Rapido
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Rapid Punta Cana's Patricio Veguri started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kurt Rosen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 5th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Patricio Veguri in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Patricio Veguri took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 14 minutes into the match, Rapid Punta Cana's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Kurt Rosen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Venezuela's attentive Salvador Gisbert managed to snatch the ball when Vladimiros Koutsis made a throw-in in the 21st minute of the game. Sebastián Prado hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Domingo Lozano in the 31st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Patricio Veguri in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 37th minute Patricio Veguri 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. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Domingo Lozano got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 3-0. 45 minutes into the match. Patricio Veguri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Illescas to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Rapid Punta Cana's Kurt Rosen got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Domingo Lozano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Domingo Lozano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lisandro Harvey, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. When Rapid Punta Cana's Patricio Veguri in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Patricio Veguri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Veguri in the 70th minute of play. A throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game was made by Alex Chicote with Patricio Costa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Veguri came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 77 minutes into the game, Sebastián Prado threw the ball into play from the sideline. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 78th match minute, Rapid Punta Cana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by William Bazán to maneuver through the defense. In the 80thth minute of the game Patricio Veguri 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. If Jorge Segovia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 89th match minute, Rapid Punta Cana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastián Prado to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Rapid Punta Cana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domingo Lozano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rapid Punta Cana's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.