Challenge

Brudzawki
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Kazimierz Birkenhagen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Bento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Carlos Bento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Carlos Bento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 9 minutes into the game, one of Venezuela:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Venezuela:s Jonathan Ferrant showed great skill when he stopped Kazimierz Birkenhagen:s penalty. In the 11th minute of the match NDVX got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dominik Pietrasz ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Carlos Bento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Du read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. Du showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 26th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kazimierz Birkenhagen in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. Mauro lago made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 34th minute of play forced NDVX's goalkeeper Du to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Du prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tanek Zbytniewski in the 39 minute of the game. Kazimierz Birkenhagen might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonathan Ferrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kazimierz Birkenhagen ran back to his position shaking his head. 42 minutes into the match, Carlos Bento dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 1-0. Jonathan Ferrant stood somewhat misplaced when Kazimierz Birkenhagen came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 46 minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Carlos Bento 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 Carlos Bento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlos Bento in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Ferrant saved Venezuela from getting behind. With a little luck, NDVX's Du got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute Carlos Bento 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. After having played for 70 minutes, Carlos Bento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NDVX's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlos Bento 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 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Bento's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. The audience was convinced that Carlos Bento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazimierz Birkenhagen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kazimierz Birkenhagen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 79th minute, Salvador Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Bento took the ball and in the 83 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 4-0. Kazimierz Birkenhagen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Carlos Bento managed to get in a good position for a shot. NDVX's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Bento 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. NDVX walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.