Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dobri Pipkov kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Tomas Illescas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th minute, Diyan Svilarov 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 1-0. Tomas Illescas might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zapryan Sachanski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Illescas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 16th minute, Цървена звезда's Dobri Pipkov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In a very dangerous position, a player in Цървена звезда fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 21st minute. Penalty! The audience thought a goal was coming when Diyan Svilarov got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Diyan Svilarov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 3-0. In the 31st match minute, Цървена звезда was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sevdalin Lenov to maneuver through the defense. A sloppy throw-in by Avgust Kyurkchiev in the 34th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jose Correa. The crowd rose to their feet as Dobri Pipkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 4-0 in the 37 minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Avgust Kyurkchiev. Joshua Secada hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Bocho Tagarov struck a weak shot in the 43rd 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 Цървена звезда. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Diyan Svilarov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Цървена звезда's supporters rose to their feet, but Diyan Svilarov 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. Цървена звезда's Bocho Tagarov got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sevdalin Lenov kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th minute of the match Tomas Illescas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zapryan Sachanski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lilko Shentov in the 59th minute of play. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Diyan Svilarov came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Цървена звезда getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sevdalin Lenov hit a great ball. Tomas Illescas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zapryan Sachanski. Цървена звезда's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Zapryan Sachanski in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the match, Цървена звезда's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Costa came free, but Zapryan Sachanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by Цървена звезда's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Venezuela's corner Tomas Illescas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zapryan Sachanski quite easily take care of the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobri Pipkov in the 74th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Цървена звезда's corner Neno Partalin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonathan Ferrant quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Dobri Pipkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. When Цървена звезда's Diyan Svilarov in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89thth minute of the game Dobri Pipkov 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. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Diyan Svilarov put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobri Pipkov in the 95th minute of the match.