Challenge

Héctor Ñato Vacou
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Severino Benino slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. That made the score 2-0 after 11 minutes of play. After having played for 15 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Benino came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abelardo Berenguer having to make a save. Patricio Costa's late challenge caught a Atlético y Tiro Rqta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patricio Costa helped the player get up and apologised. After 29 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Severino Benino in the 31st minute. 32 minutes into the match, Severino Benino dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 3-0. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Severino Benino in the 42nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Atlético y Tiro Rqta's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abelardo Berenguer came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juli Álvarez in the 45th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juli Álvarez in the 46th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jose Correa during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Severino Benino made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 51st minute. Gabriel Urritz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Benino came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65thth minute of the game Maxi Rodríguez 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. 68 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Benino came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxi Rodríguez in the 69th minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Abelardo Berenguer. Abelardo Berenguer yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Cristobal Maurino was substituted for Juli Álvarez. Tomas Illescas in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Abelardo Berenguer, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cristobal Maurino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Hu Fei Hai in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Venezuela's Jose Correa. In the 85th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Berenguer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute, Jose Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Cristobal Maurino. But to his dismay, Cristobal Maurino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maxi Rodríguez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Severino Benino took the ball and in the 97 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 6-1. Atlético y Tiro Rqta walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.