Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Erwin van den Brink managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dolinka FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Erwin van den Brink was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erwin van den Brink received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tang Liang Jian kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anders Gade. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Anders Gade in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 15th minute Erwin van den Brink 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 17th minute, Erwin van den Brink left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dolinka FK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Nasko Minovski notched a goal, 0-2, 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. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Domeka, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Dolinka FK were awarded a corner. Utkan Özçin went to the cornerflag to take it. Dolinka FK's Utkan Özçin 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. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert got a free kick in the 29th minute. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anders Gade having to interfere. After 36 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. In the 41st match minute, Dolinka FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tang Liang Jian to maneuver through the defense. Patricio Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Patricio Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 42nd minute, Patricio Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Dolinka FK were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erwin van den Brink to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anders Gade narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Nasko Minovski came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Dolinka FK 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 Nasko Minovski couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erwin van den Brink in the 59th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Erwin van den Brink came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anders Gade was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Anders Gade didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nasko Minovski's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Anders Gade 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 72nd minute. When Martin Nagy came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Dolinka FK 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 Martin Nagy couldn't finish the play. Dolinka FK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Utkan Özçin in the 79th minute. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anders Gade having to interfere. Dolinka FK made a substitution. Baltazar Moreira replaced Erwin van den Brink. The supporters of Dolinka FK booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Illescas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anders Gade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 91st minute of the match. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. When the final whistle sounded Dolinka FK left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Venezuela.