Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. When Hurşit Cemşit fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Emerald's protests and gave Hurşit Cemşit a yellow card for diving instead. In the 4th match minute, Emerald was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hurşit Cemşit to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Emerald getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. 梅国崇 hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 6th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Emerald's Bogdan Lobonț proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jonathan Venegas hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 17th minute of the match. Victor Piţurcă took the ball and in the 17 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 0-1. Gabriel Vermeşan struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Jonathan Ferrant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Emerald. In the 20th minute Victor Piţurcă 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 some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Victor Piţurcă kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. In the 23rd minute, Alex Chicote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Vermeşan in the 24th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Emerald's Gabriel Vermeşan. But to his dismay, Gabriel Vermeşan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Jonathan Ferrant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Emerald's Ferdinand Condrea shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Bogdan Lobonț didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Piţurcă was the one to do the kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 60th minute of the match, Victor Piţurcă got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jonathan Ferrant was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Hurşit Cemşit made in the 62nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Jose Correa. 63 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ferdinand Condrea. 66 minutes into the game, Emerald's Gabriel Vermeşan 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, 2-7. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Vermeşan in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Iglesias in the 80th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Victor Piţurcă did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-8 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 84 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Iglesias in the 87th minute of play. Gabriel Vermeşan took the ball and in the 98 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 2-9. Emerald's Gabriel Mălaimare was substituted for Ferdinand Condrea. Emerald played a much better game than Venezuela and deserved their victory. The Venezuela players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.