Challenge

Valla Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Valla Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Antoine Lovera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antoine Lovera was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Tor-Ivar Kalland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antoine Lovera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the match, Tor-Ivar Kalland dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Ferrant, 2-0. Patricio Costa scored 2-1 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antoine Lovera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Antoine Lovera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 31st minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Valla Fc's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Illescas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antoine Lovera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoine Lovera. Valla Fc's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomas Illescas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 38th match minute, Valla Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dennis Schröder to maneuver through the defense. After 45th play minutes Tomas Illescas shot 2-4, a short shot which went by Antoine Lovera and just under the crossbar into goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomas Illescas was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Ciro Fata cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Jonathan Ferrant was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tor-Ivar Kalland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 60th minute of play forced Valla Fc's goalkeeper Antoine Lovera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60thth minute of the game Tomas Illescas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Valla Fc's Antoine Lovera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Illescas got free with Antoine Lovera in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Kevin Nykvist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Kevin Nykvist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Valla Fc's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antoine Lovera 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 came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Valla Fc's Tor-Ivar Kalland. But to his dismay, Tor-Ivar Kalland quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. 78 minutes into the match, Niklas Isaksson notched a goal, 5-4, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Antoine Lovera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 88th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoine Lovera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Venezuela's zone, Tor-Ivar Kalland stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Ferrant came out of the goal and Tor-Ivar Kalland tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Venezuela's Tomas Illescas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Antoine Lovera. That made the score 5-5 after 93 minutes of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Valla Fc players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.