Challenge

Marcelo Gallardo
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. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Herminio Otsando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 11th minute. Alex Chicote's late challenge caught a Cridas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Chicote helped the player get up and apologised. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the game, Salvador Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cridas FC's Eloy Sedeni quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucio Hori in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Lucio Hori scored 1-0 in the 17th 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. Lucio Hori in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Herminio Otsando. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 26th minute Lucio Hori 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 30th minute, Cristian Sánchez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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. 36 minutes into the match, Lucio Hori 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 Lucio Hori was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Herminio Otsando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristian Sánchez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Lucio Hori made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Hori in the 60th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sánchez came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Cridas FC's Cristian Sánchez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Herminio Otsando made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Lucio Hori's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Lucio Hori scored 4-0 in the 73rd 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 a defensive mix-up in Cridas FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Herminio Otsando came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Herminio Otsando made a huge save. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 80th minute. 5-0 became the score in the 82nd minute when Lucio Hori elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 87 minutes into the game, Patricio Costa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezuela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cridas FC the free kick. In the 87th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Cridas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermegildo Olivar didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Tomas Illescas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Herminio Otsando. That made the score 5-1 in the 93 minute of play. Cridas FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.