Challenge

Arena Bulls
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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 4 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastião Tróia who took care of the corner kick. Grêmio Bulls's Rowen Doherty was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jonathan Ferrant in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Grêmio Bulls's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sebastião Tróia in the 13th minute. Guillermo Mariano tried in the 14th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Jonathan Ferrant a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. In the 17th minute, Grêmio Bulls's Romulo Lehen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. A collision led to Grêmio Bulls getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Rowen Doherty hit a great ball. Henrique Prata showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Romulo Lehen got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 39 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastião Tróia who took care of the corner kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Grêmio Bulls's Rowen Doherty slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 after 42 minutes of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Romulo Lehen made the kick off in the second half. Grêmio Bulls's Rowen Doherty got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romulo Lehen's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Henrique Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 62nd minute of play forced Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Sebastião Tróia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grêmio Bulls's Pedrão Prata was substituted for Romulo Lehen. Grêmio Bulls made a substitution. Ernesto Falcão replaced Wei Shu Gang. Grêmio Bulls made a substitution. Mauro Sena replaced Rowen Doherty. In the 64th match minute, Grêmio Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastião Tróia to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedrão Prata in the 77th minute of the match. Ernesto Falcão kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Henrique Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 85 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Guillermo Mariano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henrique Prata narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 86 minutes, Mauro Sena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Grêmio Bulls's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mauro Sena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedrão Prata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Correa to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro Sena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the Venezuela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Grêmio Bulls.