Challenge

Arthur Marinho
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Illescas got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Rei Messi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Rei Messi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 6th minute of play forced Corumbaense F.C.'s goalkeeper Luís Eduardo dos Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Eduardo dos Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fred Ferreira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. 18 minutes into the game, Vânderson Camargo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Vânderson Camargo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Vânderson Camargo took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Jonathan Ferrant to make any attempt to save it. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vânderson Camargo in the 24th minute of play. Luís Eduardo dos Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Corumbaense F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rigoberto Mina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luís Eduardo dos Santos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 31st minute, Rei Messi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Corumbaense F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Fred Ferreira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. A collision led to Corumbaense F.C. getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Rayan Rodrigues hit a great ball. In the 47th minute, Vânderson Camargo fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fred Ferreira made a kick off. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Corumbaense F.C.'s Rei Messi. But to his dismay, Rei Messi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. After some careless play in the Corumbaense F.C. defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Eduardo dos Santos. The Corumbaense F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Eduardo dos Santos should have stopped the shot. In the 60th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Venegas to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute Dieguinho Neiva 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. Fred Ferreira scored 5-1 in the 64th 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. 67 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luís Eduardo dos Santos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 78th minute Rayan Rodrigues 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. Rayan Rodrigues's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rayan Rodrigues helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st minute, Rayan Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vânderson Camargo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vânderson Camargo went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Corumbaense F.C. players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.