Challenge

Stan Stadion
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rudolf Johnsson in the 2nd minute of play. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vidar Browald having to interfere. After 8 played minutes SWARS got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Bolin. 9 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of SWARS's Vidar Browald. Vidar Browald was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alfons Emander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 22 minutes, Bror Arenius mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SWARS and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Venezuela's Roberto Ocampo was substituted for Tomas Illescas. After a rather tough play, SWARS's Bror Arenius got a free kick in the 23rd minute. It was beautiful to see Venezuela's Jose Correa in action when he in the 24th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! After 27 minutes of play, Venezuela's Roberto Ocampo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vidar Browald was left in no man's land by his defense there! Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 34 minutes, Patricio Costa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the SWARS players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudolf Johnsson in the 35th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SWARS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stamen Zimbilev in the 36th minute. Sebastian Bolin hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Roberto Ocampo might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vidar Browald. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roberto Ocampo ran back to his position shaking his head. Vidar Browald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roberto Ocampo made a kick off. Elof Apelqvist'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. Elof Apelqvist helped the player get up and apologised. After 54 played minutes SWARS got a freekick which was hit by Elof Apelqvist. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind SWARS's goalkeeper Vidar Browald, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rudolf Johnsson kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. When Roberto Ocampo came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roberto Ocampo couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isaac Torsberg went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Guillermo Mariano kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Rudolf Johnsson came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vidar Browald came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezuela's Patricio Costa. But to his dismay, Patricio Costa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sebastian Bolin'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. Sebastian Bolin helped the player get up and apologised. Sebastian Bolin kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Joshua Secada recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 81 played minutes SWARS got a freekick which was hit by Stamen Zimbilev. The supporters of Venezuela booed when SWARS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elof Apelqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Alfons Emander fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SWARS's protests and gave Alfons Emander a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to SWARS getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Alfons Emander hit a great ball. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after SWARS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joshua Secada took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Patricio Costa managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. A collision led to SWARS getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Elof Apelqvist hit a great ball. The SWARS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Venezuela were clearly better and deserved to take the win.