Challenge

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fagondo Vasquez started the match with the kick off. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Luís Guilherme Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Luís Guilherme Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 12th minute of play. In the 16th minute of the match Guillermo Mariano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luís Guilherme Marques skillfully saved the ball. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Guilherme Marques having to interfere. Fagondo Vasquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. In the 25th match minute, Venezuela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Chicote to maneuver through the defense. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. After 30 minutes, Tomas Illescas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the BRASIL.Sp players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 29 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Venezuela! In the 32nd minute BRASIL.Sp were awarded a corner. Durval Campidelis went to the cornerflag to take it. 35 minutes into the match, Eusébio Barros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eusébio Barros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 39th minute Fagondo Vasquez 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 40th minute, one of BRASIL.Sp:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for BRASIL.Sp. In the 41st minute there was a penalty for Venezuela. Tomas Illescas stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Luís Guilherme Marques. 1-1. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 44th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Durval Campidelis during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 46 played minutes BRASIL.Sp got a freekick which was hit by Durval Campidelis. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Fagondo Vasquez took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Fagondo Vasquez might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fagondo Vasquez ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fagondo Vasquez in the 57th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fagondo Vasquez went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 62 minutes into the game, BRASIL.Sp's Eusébio Barros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Reynaldo Rossi hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Almir Matos in the 67th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 68 minutes of play, BRASIL.Sp's Eusébio Barros made it 5-1 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! Jose Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Almir Matos in the 76th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Eusébio Barros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. BRASIL.Sp's Elói Amaral got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Almir Matos went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. In the 90th minute Eusébio Barros 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 Venegas lost his temper 96 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Durval Campidelis shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. There was no doubt that BRASIL.Sp were the better team. BRASIL.Sp's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.