Challenge

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4thth minute of the game Viggo Lundkvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 7th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei. Qian Xing Wei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th minute, Olof Högström 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 1-1. In the 18th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wen Li Jun to maneuver through the defense. After 19 played minutes, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Venezuela reached it. After 20 minutes Eleven Nation Army's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. Venezuela's Tomas Illescas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Qian Xing Wei in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Eleven Nation Army booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Illescas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Tomas Illescas fired away an extremely well hit free kick, but unfortunately the ball went just outside to the right hand side of Qian Xing Wei. After 25 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Helge Brun. Viggo Lundkvist was extremely unlucky when he, in the 27th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 32nd minute, Viggo Lundkvist made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 37 minutes into the match, Helge Brun dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 3-1. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. In the 44th minute, Olof Högström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Eleven Nation Army's Wen Li Jun got a free kick in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Helge Brun to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Lundkvist came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helge Brun in the 55th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleven Nation Army were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Venezuela's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Åke Ekelund took the corner. Åke Ekelund made a great header on Eleven Nation Army's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Ekelund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Eleven Nation Army's Åke Ekelund fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. When Viggo Lundkvist came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Eleven Nation Army 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 Viggo Lundkvist couldn't finish the play. Helge Brun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 74th minute of play. Wen Li Jun kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Qian Xing Wei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Qian Xing Wei made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. When Viggo Lundkvist came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Eleven Nation Army 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 Viggo Lundkvist couldn't finish the play. In the 91st minute Helge Brun 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. 95 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Qian Xing Wei had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. There was no doubt that Eleven Nation Army were the better team. Eleven Nation Army's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.