Challenge

Super Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Czeslaw Lisewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant got control of the ball when Czeslaw Lisewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toader Purcărete 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 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Hüseyin Kakisim made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Czeslaw Lisewski in the 17th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Lisewski came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Czeslaw Lisewski 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 an important save on a dangerous shot by Hüseyin Kakisim in the 23rd minute. Hüseyin Kakisim scored 3-0 in the 28th 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. Czeslaw Lisewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. After 35 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Marius Gherghe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Marius Gherghe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Super Team fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when Super Team's Henry Hamberg looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 44th minute, Henry Hamberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Super Team's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Toader Purcărete reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Super Team's Marius Gherghe. But to his dismay, Marius Gherghe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hüseyin Kakisim to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 54 minutes into the match, Marius Gherghe notched a goal, 6-0, 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. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Super Team's goalkeeper Toader Purcărete, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Venezuela were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Super Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Illescas took the corner. Salvador Gisbert in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Toader Purcărete, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 62 minutes of play, Super Team's Hüseyin Kakisim made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 69th match minute, Super Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petre Ionașcu to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Super Team's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Toader Purcărete came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Toader Purcărete showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 74th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Hüseyin Kakisim ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Ferrant was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. In the 78th minute Hüseyin Kakisim 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. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hüseyin Kakisim in the 80th minute of play. In the 85th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hüseyin Kakisim's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. The supporters of Super Team booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Mariano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Toader Purcărete having to interfere. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Super Team walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.