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重庆1997联队
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. Philippe Fricot made in the 6th minute of the game a quick throw-in and 范彬景 immediately put the ball in play. 郑崇谦 might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 郑崇谦 ran back to his position shaking his head. Daan Leers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the game, Daan Leers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Daan Leers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Daan Leers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Costa to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pang Bang Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 42nd minute of play. Philippe Fricot'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. Philippe Fricot helped the player get up and apologised. In the 46th minute, Philippe Fricot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Daan Leers made the kick off in the second half. In a very dangerous position, a player in Venezuela fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 54th minute. Penalty! The referee gave 重庆1997联队 a penalty, 55 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Daan Leers, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. 4-0. If Daan Leers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pang Bang Xun having to make a save. The supporters of 重庆1997联队 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute Daan Leers 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. Tomas Illescas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Pang Bang Xun made a huge save. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daan Leers in the 69th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Daan Leers managed to get in a good position for a shot. 重庆1997联队's supporters rose to their feet, but Daan Leers 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. Pang Bang Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 75th minute of play. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind 重庆1997联队's goalkeeper Pang Bang Xun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daan Leers in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 89th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. 重庆1997联队's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Tomas Illescas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 重庆1997联队's Pang Bang Xun did a great save. When Qiu Yao Cheng came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the 重庆1997联队 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 Qiu Yao Cheng couldn't finish the play. In the 99th minute the ball was on its way in behind 重庆1997联队's goalkeeper Pang Bang Xun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 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 重庆1997联队.