Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas 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. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jan Bednarek was slow to take the kick. During this time MR7's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jan Bednarek almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant did a great save. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andor Szűcs in the 7th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andor Szűcs in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erim Beşer having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Andor Szűcs notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 15 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Benito Raphael came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Michael Fredriksson in the 16th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rigoberto Mina hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Andor Szűcs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Jan Bednarek took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Tomas Illescass short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Erim Beşer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Raphael in the 33rd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andor Szűcs in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andor Szűcs in the 45th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Karl-Michael Fredriksson 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andor Szűcs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Faruk Sağlık mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MR7 and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to MR7 getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Faruk Sağlık hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Michael Fredriksson in the 54th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 55th minute. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Michael Fredriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Andor Szűcs ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 63rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Mina to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute of the match Jan Bednarek shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Ferrant showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Faruk Sağlık kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Michael Fredriksson in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andor Szűcs. In the 75th minute of the match MR7 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. Jan Bednarek ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on MR7's corner Jan Bednarek fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. In the 76th minute, Jonathan Venegas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MR7's Jan Bednarek couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 77th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Venezuela. Erim Beşer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 78th minute of the match. Andor Szűcs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. MR7's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.